Welcome to NJ's web page that helps you decide what is the right fish for you to eat. This page contains information on freshwater, marine water and local waterbody advisories as well as the benefits of eating fish. In addition, you can find out the current and past fish consumption research that has been conducted by the New Jersey Division of Science, Research and Technology as well as what is being done by neighboring states.

American Dietetic Association

• Fish: It really is brain food
  
• Sorting out the facts on the health benefits of fish

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• Fresh and Frozen Seafood - Selection and Serving it Safely

New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station -

• Seafood Safety: Assessing the Benefits and Risks
• Eating Fish is Healthy: Keeping Environmental Health Concerns in Perspective

New Jersey Department of Health
Food and Drug Safety Program

• Seafood and Shellfish Project

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2012 Fish Consumption Advisories (Complete State List of all waterbodies- 30 pages) (April 2012)

• Fish Smart Eat Smart Brochure
• Pescar y comer de forma inteligente- (Programma Fish Smart Eat Smart)
  
• Research Project Summary - Routine Monitoring of Toxics in New Jersey Fish - Fourth Year (2007) of Routine Monitoring Program Atlantic Coastal Region
• Final Report - Routine Monitoring of Toxics in New Jersey Fish - Fourth Year (2007) of Routine Monitoring Program Atlantic Coastal Region (May 2010
  
  
• Your Baby Eats What You Eat (Brochure and Teacher's Guide)
  
  
  
  Press Releases & Statewide Alerts
  • Winter Flounder
  • Blue Claw Crab - English & Spanish
  • Federal Advisories -2004

Research Activities

• Research Project Summary - Routine Monitoring of Toxics in New Jersey Fish Third Year (2006) of Routine Monitoring Program
• Final Report - Routine Monitoring of Toxics in New Jersey Fish Third Year (2006) of Routine Monitoring Program
• Update on NJ's Blue Crab Research and Data Collection Programs
• Final Report on Investigations of Potential Concentrations and Sources of Contaminants in New Jersey Hatchery Trout
• Research Project Summary - Survey of New Jersey’s Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Recreational Fishery, Year 1 - Delaware Bay
• 2004 Monitoring Program for Chemical Contaminants in Fish from the State of New Jersey- Second Year of Routine Monitoring Program - December 2006
• 2004 Routine Monitoring Program for Toxics in Fish: Year 2 - Estuarine and Marine Waters - March 2006
• Final Report: Routine Monitoring Program for Toxics in Fish - May 2005
• FINAL - WORK PLAN - Routine Monitoring Program for Toxics in Fish:Estuarine and Marine Waters - June 2004
• Estimate of Cancer Risk to Consumers of Crabs Caught in the Area of the Diamond Alkali Site and other Areas of the Newark Bay Complex from 2,3,7,8-TCDD and 2,3,7,8-TCDD Equivalents - April 2002
• A Supplemental Study to Assessment of PCBs, Selected Organic Pesticides and Mercury in Fishes from New Jersey: 1998-1999 Monitoring Program - July 2002
• Assessment of PCBs, Selected Organic Pesticides and Mercury in Fishes from New Jersey: 1998-1999 Monitoring Program - December 2000
• Assessment of Total Mercury Concentrations in Fish from Rivers, Lakes & Reservoirs in NJ - June 1999
  • Research Project Summary
  • Full Report
    

NJDEP's Urban Watershed Education Program