Follow
statewide and regional fish consumption recommendations to reduce exposure
to Dioxin, PCBs and Mercury*
For
all freshwater fish without specific advisories, EAT NO MORE THAN:
 **
High Risk is defined as infants, children, pregnant women, nursing mothers
and women of childbearing age.
Dioxin,
PCBs and mercury may pose greater risk to babies and young children. For
this reason it is important for women who are pregnant, or might become
pregnant, breastfeeding women, and young children to follow the recommendations
found on this page to reduce exposure.
Note:
To reduce your exposure, eat those fish with the lowest meal restrictions.
Do not combine meal restrictions. (For example, if you eat multiple
fish species or catch fish from more than one area, the recommended
guidelines for different species and different locations should not
be combined.)
* There
are additional warnings for these
and other fish in specific Waterbodies click
here for more information
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Newark
Bay Complex
Blue Claw Crab
 
|
Estuarine and Marine Waters |
Freshwater |
Pinelands (Freshwater) |
Striped Bass
General Population:
One meal per month
High Risk Population:
Do Not Eat
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Trout
(Brown, Brook, Rainbow, and Hybrid Species)
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
One meal per week |
Largemouth Bass
General Population:
One meal per month
High Risk Population:
Do Not Eat |
American Eel
General Population:
Four meals per year
High Risk Population:
Do Not Eat |
Largemouth Bass
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
Smallmouth Bass
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
Bluefish (greater than 6lbs./24 inches)
General Population:
Six meals per year
High Risk Population:
Do Not Eat |
Smallmouth Bass
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
Chain Pickerel
General Population:
One meal per month
High Risk Population:
Do Not Eat |
Bluefish (less than 6lbs./24 inches)
General Population:
One meal per month
High Risk Population:
Do Not Eat |
Chain Pickerel
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
Brown Bullhead
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
Do Not Eat |
American Lobster
General Population:
Do not eat the Green Gland (Tomalley or Hepatopancreas)
High Risk Population:
Do not eat the Green Gland (Tomalley or Hepatopancreas) |
Sunfish (Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, and Redbreast)
General Population:
No Restrictions
High Risk Population:
One meal per week |
Sunfish (Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, and Redbreast)
General Population:
No Restrictions
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
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Common Carp
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
Common Carp
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
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Yellow Bullhead
General Population:
No Restrictions
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
Yellow Bullhead
General Population:
One meal per week
High Risk Population:
Do Not Eat |
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Brown Bullhead
General Population:
No Restrictions
High Risk Population:
One meal per month |
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