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A GUIDE TO EATING FISH RUSSIAN RIVER (SONOMA AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES) 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 (1849 Years) Children (117 Years) 2 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK Threespine Stickleback photo credit: Ken-ichi Ueda, inaturalist.org 1 TOTAL SERVING A WEEK Sculpin Sunfish Species Tule Perch 0 DO NOT EAT Sacramento Sucker 0 DO NOT EAT Black Bass Species Sacramento Pikeminnow Women (50+ Years) Men (18+ Years) 5 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK 2 TOTAL SERVINGS A WEEK 1 TOTAL SERVING A WEEK 0 DO NOT EAT 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.

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Page 1: A Guide to Eating Fish from the Russian River (Sonoma and ... · RIVER (SONOMA AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES) Eat the Good Fish. Eating fish that are low in chemicals may provide health

A GUIDE TO EATING FISH

RUSSIAN RIVER(SONOMA AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES)

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)

2 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK

Threespine Stickleback photo credit: Ken-ichi Ueda, inaturalist.org

1 TOTALSERVINGA WEEK Sculpin Sunfish Species Tule Perch

0 DO NOTEAT

Sacramento Sucker

0 DO NOTEAT

Black Bass Species Sacramento Pikeminnow

Women(50+ Years)

Men(18+ Years)

5 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK

2 TOTALSERVINGS A WEEK

1 TOTALSERVING A WEEK

0 DO NOTEAT

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/fishemail [email protected] (916) 324-7572

Eat only theskinless fillet

Eat only the meat

Some chemicals are higher in the skin, fat, and guts.