A Guide to Eating Fish from Clear Lake (Lake County) · Inland silverside photo: North American...
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A GUIDE TO EATING FISH CLEAR LAKE (LAKE COUNTY) Eat the Good Fish Eating fish that are low in chemicals may provide health benefits to children and adults. Avoid the Bad Fish Eating fish with higher levels of chemicals like mercury or PCBs may cause health problems in children and adults. Choose the Right Fish Chemicals may be more harmful to unborn babies and children. Women (18-49 Years) Children (1-17 Years) 7 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK Asian Clam (Corbicula) Winged Floater Mussel 3 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK Inland Silverside Threadfin Shad 1 TOTAL SERVING A WEEK Catfish Sunfish Species Prickly Sculpin Crappie Bullhead Crayfish Common Carp Sacramento Blackfish Mosquitofish 0 DO NOT EAT Black Bass Species Women (50+ Years) Men (18+ Years) 7 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK 7 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK 3 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK 1 TOTAL SERVING A WEEK Serving Size A serving of fish is about the size and thickness of your hand. Give children smaller servings. For Adults For Children California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment web www.oehha.ca.gov/fish email [email protected] phone (916) 324-7572 Eat only the skinless fillet Eat only the meat Some chemicals are higher in the skin, fat, and guts. Inland silverside photo: North American Native Fishes Association, Threadfin shad photo: Uland Thomas, Ohio Department of Natural Resources *Clear Lake Hitch removed from advisory. See note below. *Clear Lake Hitch: No take permitted per the California Endangered Species Act. Updated 08/2018
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A GUIDE TOEATING FISH
CLEAR LAKE(LAKE COUNTY)
Eat theGood Fish
Eating fish that are low in chemicals
may provide health benefits to children
and adults.
Avoid theBad Fish
Eating fish with higher levels of chemicals like mercury or PCBs may cause health problems in children and adults.
Choose theRight Fish
Chemicals maybe more harmfulto unborn babies
and children.
Women(18-49 Years)
Children(1-17 Years)
7 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK Asian Clam
(Corbicula)Winged Floater Mussel
3 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK
Inland SilversideThreadfin Shad
1 TOTALSERVINGA WEEK
Catfish
Sunfish SpeciesPrickly SculpinCrappie
Bullhead
Crayfish
Common CarpSacramento Blackfish
Mosquitofish
0 DO NOTEAT
Black Bass Species
Women(50+ Years)
Men(18+ Years)
7 TOTALSERVINGSA WEEK
7 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK
3 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK
1 TOTALSERVINGA WEEK
Serving SizeA serving of fish is about the size and thickness of your hand. Give children smaller servings.
For Adults For Children California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
web www.oehha.ca.gov/fish email [email protected] phone (916) 324-7572
Eat only theskinless fillet
Eat only the meat
Some chemicals are higher in the skin, fat, and guts.Inland silverside photo: North American Native Fishes Association, Threadfin shad photo: Uland Thomas, Ohio Department of
Natural Resources
*Clear Lake Hitchremoved from advisory.See note below.
*Clear Lake Hitch:No take permitted per the California Endangered Species Act.
Updated 08/2018
