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CONTENTS 2008-2009 Health Advisories: Chemicals in Sportfish and Game__________________________1 Purpose and Rationale________________________________________________________________ 1 Health Risks from Contaminants in Fish and Game _________________________________________________1 Procedures for Setting Advisories _______________________________________________________________1 Advice on Contaminants in Fish________________________________________________________ 2 General Advisory for Eating Sportfish ___________________________________________________________2 Specific Advisories __________________________________________________________________________2 Advisories for Women, Infants and Children ______________________________________________________2 Spacing Fish Meals __________________________________________________________________________3 DOH Advisories for Marine Waters _____________________________________________________________3 Cleaning and Cooking Your Fish _______________________________________________________________4 Reducing Exposure to Chemical Contaminants From Fish and Shellfish _________________________________4 Advice on Contaminants in Game ______________________________________________________ 5 Other Fish and Game Advice __________________________________________________________ 5 Lead in Fishing Tackle and Bullets ______________________________________________________________5 Good Sanitary Practices - Bacteria, Viruses and Parasites in Fish and Game______________________________5 Advice on Eating Raw or Partially Cooked Fish, Shellfish and Other Meats ______________________________6 Deformed or Abnormal Fish ___________________________________________________________________6 Botulism in Fish and Waterfowl ________________________________________________________________6 Rabies and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) ______________________________________________________6 2008-2009 Health Advisories _______________________________________________________8 Map of New York Marine Waters __________________________________________________20 Maps of Waters with Specific Fish Consumption Advisories______________________ 21 and 22 Map of New York City Harbor Region ______________________________________________23 Additional Advice _______________________________________________________________24 Information on Chemicals in Sportfish and Game_____________________________________25 PCBs ____________________________________________________________________________________25 Mercury __________________________________________________________________________________25 Chlordane, DDT, Dieldrin and Mirex ___________________________________________________________26 Dioxins and Furans _________________________________________________________________________26 Cadmium _________________________________________________________________________________26 Contacts for Additional Information________________________________________________27 These advisories are also available from the New York State Department of Health web site at:
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1 NYS Department of Health 2008-2009 Health Advisories: Chemicals in Sportfish and Game Purpose and Rationale The New York State Department of Health (DOH) issues advisories on eating sportfish and game because some of these foods contain chemicals at levels that may be harmful to health. The advisories tell people which fish and game to avoid and how to reduce their exposures to contaminants in the fish and game that they do eat. These advisories are for sportfish and game that people take and are not for fish and game sold in markets. The health advisories are (1) general advice on sportfish taken from waters in New York State; (2) advice on sportfish caught in specific New York State waterbodies; and (3) advice on eating New York State game.
Fish and game can be nutritious and good to eat. Fish are an important source of protein and are low in saturated fat. Naturally occurring fish oils lower plasma cholesterol and triglycerides and may have other health benefits.
However, contaminated fish and game can be the main source of exposure to some contaminants. People can get the health benefits of fish and reduce their exposures to unwanted contaminants by following the advisories in this booklet.
Health Risks from Contaminants in Fish and Game Long-lasting contaminants, such as PCBs, DDT and cadmium, build up in your body over time. Health problems that may result from the contaminants found in fish or game range from small changes in health that are hard to detect to birth defects and cancer. Mothers who eat highly contaminated fish and game before becoming pregnant may have increased risk of having children who are slower to develop and learn. This advisory is also intended to protect children from these potential developmental problems. Women beyond their childbearing years and men face fewer health risks from contaminants than children do. People in this last group should follow the advisory to reduce other types of health risks.
Some contaminants cause cancer in animals.
We cannot predict with certainty your risks of cancer from eating contaminated fish or game.
Cancer currently affects about one in every three people, primarily due to smoking, diet and hereditary risk factors. Exposure to some contaminants in the fish and game you eat may not increase your cancer risk at all. If you follow this advisory over your lifetime, you will minimize your exposure and reduce whatever cancer risk is associated with these contaminants.
The primary contaminants of concern in New York State fish are mercury and PCBs. Other contaminants such as cadmium, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, dioxin and mirex are also concerns in fish from some of the States water bodies. The primary contaminants of concern in waterfowl are PCBs, mirex, chlordane and DDT; and PCBs are the main concern in snapping turtles. More information about the chemicals that have led to advisories in New York State sportfish and game and potential health effects can be found on page 25 and 26.
Procedures for Setting Advisories In New York State, these advisories are primarily based on information that the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) gathers on contaminant levels in fish and game. DEC collects fish samples each year from different water bodies. In recent years, DEC has annually collected approximately 2000 fish from more than 50 locations/waters and analyzed these fish for various contaminants Sampling focuses on water bodies with known or suspected contamination, water bodies susceptible to mercury contamination, popular fishing waters and waters where trends in fish contamination are being monitored. Also, testing focuses on those species that are most likely to be caught and eaten by sport anglers.
DEC also tests some game species (e.g.,
waterfowl, snapping turtles) that accumulate chemical contaminants.
2 General Advisory -
eat no more than one meal (one-half pound) per week of fish taken from the state's freshwaters and some marine waters at the mouth of the Hudson River.
DOH annually reviews the new DEC testing results for fish and game to determine if an advisory should be issued or revised for a given water body or fish or game species. When reviewing the data, DOH compares testing data to federal marketplace standards (when available) for a contaminant and considers other factors such as potential human exposures and health risks; location, type and number of samples, etc.
Advice on Contaminants in Fish General Advisory for Eating Sportfish The general health advisory for sportfish is that you eat no more than one meal (one-half pound) per week of fish taken from the state's freshwaters and some marine waters at the mouth of the Hudson River.
These include the New York waters of the Hudson River, Upper Bay of New York Harbor (north of Verrazano Narrows Bridge),
Arthur Kill, Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, Raritan Bay west of Wolfes Pond Park, Harlem River and the East River to the Throgs Neck Bridge (see map on page 23). DOH issues this advice because:
- fish from all waters have not been tested and
- fish may contain unidentified contaminants.
Specific Advisories Fish from more than 130 water bodies in New York have specific advisories. For these listed waters, DOH recommends either limiting or not eating a specific kind of fish (see pages 8 to 20). In some cases, enough information is available to issue advisories based on the length of the fish. Older (larger) fish are often more contaminated than younger (smaller) fish.
Advisories for Women, Infants and Children DOH offers health advice for infants, children under the age of 15 and women of childbearing age.
DOH recommends that these groups not eat any fish from the specific waterbodies listed in the advisory (see pages 8 to 20).
The reason for this specific advice is that chemicals may have a greater effect on developing organs in young children or in the unborn child. They also build up in women's bodies and are often passed on in mother's milk. Waters that have specific advisories have at least one species of fish with an elevated contaminant level, which means that other fish species may also be affected.
DEC carried out a large study that increased our knowledge about mercury in fish from New York State waters. The study indicates that in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountain regions larger, older individuals of pickerel, northern pike, smallmouth and largemouth bass, walleye and yellow perch often have relatively high levels of mercury in their flesh, higher levels than similar fish from other regions in the state.
Because of this, infants, children under 15 and women of child-bearing age should avoid these fish from Adirondack and Catskill Mountain waters. Consult the box on page 3.
In addition, due to concerns about mercury contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises pregnant women, women who may become pregnant, nursing mothers and young children to eat no shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish. FDA notes that seafood can be an important part of a healthy diet, and advises pregnant women, Women, infants and children should not eat any fish from listed waters
3 Regional Advice for Women and Children Adirondack and Catskill Waters Lower Mercury Levels - Eat no more than one meal per week:
Brook, brown and rainbow trout Bullhead Bluegill/sunfish Rock bass Crappie Yellow perch less than 10 inches Higher Mercury Levels - EAT NONE:
Northern pike Pickerel Walleye Largemouth and smallmouth bass Yellow perch longer than 10 inches women who may become pregnant and nursing mothers to eat up to 12 ounces per week of a variety of other kinds of fish. FDA also recommends that parents follow these same recommendations when feeding fish and shellfish to their young children, but serve smaller portions. The full FDA advisory, including answers to frequently asked questions about mercury in fish and shellfish, can be found at:
www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/admehg3.html For further information about the risks of mercury in fish and shellfish call the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's consumer information line toll-free at 1-888-INFO-FDA.
Spacing Fish Meals If you eat fish from a waterbody with an EAT NO MORE THAN ONE MEAL PER MONTH advisory, for one month you should not eat any more fish that have an EAT NO MORE THAN ONE MEAL PER MONTH advisory for the same contaminant. For example, if you eat a meal of Koppers Pond carp, for one month you should not eat American eel from Kinderhook Lake since both of these fish species have EAT NO MORE THAN ONE MEAL PER MONTH advisories and both are based on PCB contamination. The advisory tables (pages 8 to
- 20) list chemical contaminants of concern for each advisory.
DOH Advisories for Marine Waters DOH has specific and general advisories for the Hudson River Estuary, the Upper Bay of New York Harbor, Arthur Kill, Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, Raritan Bay west of Wolfes Pond Park and the East and Harlem Rivers (see Tables on pages 18 and 19.)
DOH also issues specific advisories for the New York waters of Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, Peconic/Gardiners Bays, the Lower Bay of New York Harbor, Raritan Bay east of Wolfes Pond Park, Jamaica Bay and other Long Island south shore waters (see table on page 20 and maps on pages 20 and 23).
These apply to striped bass, bluefish and American eels and are the only advisories that apply to these waters. Ocean fish, although tested less often, are generally less contaminated than freshwater fish. However, striped bass, bluefish and eels have specific habits or characteristics that make them more likely to have contaminants than other marine species.
DOH strongly recommends that you not eat the soft green stuff (mustard, tomalley, liver or hepatopancreas) found in the body section of crabs and lobsters from any waters because cadmium, PCBs and other contaminants concentrate there. Because contaminants are transferred to cooking liquid, you should also discard crab or lobster cooking liquid.
Dont eat crab or lobster tomalley (hepatopancreas)
4 Cleaning and Cooking Your Fish PCBs, dioxin, mirex, DDT, chlordane and dieldrin are found at higher levels in the fat of fish. You can reduce the amount of these contaminants in a fish meal by properly trimming, skinning and cooking your catch.
Remove the skin and trim all the fat from the belly flap, the line along the sides, the fat along the back and under the skin (see the diagram below).
Cooking or soaking fish cannot eliminate the contaminants, but heat from cooking melts some of the fat in fish and allows some of the contaminated fat to drip away. Broil, grill or bake the trimmed, skinned fish on a rack so that the fat drips away. Do not use drippings to prepare sauces or gravies.
These precautions are particularly valuable when preparing fish from waters with advisories due to PCBs, dioxin, mirex, DDT, chlordane and dieldrin; see pages 8 through 20. These precautions will not reduce the amount of mercury or other metals. Mercury is distributed throughout a fish's muscle tissue (the part you eat), rather than in the fat and skin. The only way to reduce mercury intake is to eat less contaminated fish.
Reducing Exposure to Chemical Contaminants From Fish and Shellfish Although eating fish has health benefits, fish with high contaminant levels should be avoided.
You can benefit from eating the fish you catch and can minimize your contaminant intake by following these general recommendations:
- 1. Choose sportfish from waterbodies that are not listed on pages 8 through 20 and follow the advice in this booklet.
- 2. When deciding which sportfish to eat, choose smaller fish, consistent with DEC regulations, within a species since they may have lower contaminant levels. Older (larger) fish within a species may be more contaminated because they have had more time to accumulate contaminants in their bodies.
- 3. To reduce exposures to mercury, avoid or eat less largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, pickerel, walleye and larger yellow perch (e.g., longer than 10 inches) because these fish tend to have higher mercury levels.
- 4. To reduce exposures to PCBs, dioxin, mirex, DDT, chlordane and dieldrin, avoid or eat less American eel, bluefish, carp, lake trout, striped bass, white and channel catfish, and white perch because these fish tend to have higher levels of these contaminants.
- 5. When preparing sportfish, use a method of filleting the fish that will reduce the skin, fatty material and dark meat. These parts of the fish contain many of the contaminants.
- 6. When cooking sportfish, use cooking methods (broiling, poaching, boiling and baking) which allow contaminants from the fatty portions of fish to drain out. Pan-frying is not recommended. The cooking liquids and fat drippings of fish from contaminated waters should be discarded since these liquids contain contaminants.
- 7. Do not eat the soft green stuff (mustard, tomalley, liver or hepato-pancreas) found in the body section of crab and lobster. This tissue can contain high levels of chemical contaminants, including PCBs, dioxin and heavy metals.
- 8. Anglers who want to enjoy the fun of fishing but who wish to eliminate the potential risks associated with eating contaminated sportfish may want to consider catch and release fishing. Refer to the DEC New York State Fishing Regulations Guide for suggestions on catch and release fishing techniques or go to the DEC website at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/9223.html.
5 Advice on Contaminants in Game DOH also issues advisories about eating certain game. These are on page 24 of this booklet and include advisories for eating snapping turtles and waterfowl statewide because they contain PCBs and other contaminants. Because these contaminants concentrate in fat, you can minimize your exposure by not eating fat from these game and by following the cooking and eating advice on page 24.
Other Fish and Game Advice Lead in Fishing Tackle and Bullets Lead can cause health problems when it builds up in the body. Because the unborn baby and young child are at the greatest risk, it is particularly important for pregnant women, women of childbearing age and young children to minimize their lead exposures. Lead poisoning can slow a child's physical growth and mental development and can cause behavior and other nervous system problems, reproductive problems, kidney and liver damage, blindness and even death in both adults and children. Fishing tackle (especially sinkers and jig heads), bullets and shot often contain lead. To reduce exposure to the lead in these products, you should:
- Keep all lead objects away from young children (young children often put their hands and objects in their mouth).
- Wash hands with soap and water after holding or using lead sinkers and jig heads or reloading lead bullets or shot.
- Never eat, drink, or smoke immediately after handling lead sinkers, bullets or shot; wash hands first.
- Take proper precautions when melting lead and pouring sinkers or bullets at home. Use jacketed bullets (a jacketed bullet is a bullet enveloped in a casing of another material such as copper) and shotgun shells with plastic wads.
Consider non-lead alternatives:
- DEC encourages anglers to use non-lead alternatives for sinkers and jig heads to reduce the risk of lead poisoning to birds. New York State law prohibits the sale of lead fishing sinkers (including "split shot") weighing one-half ounce or less. More information is provided on the DEC website:
www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/9223.html.
The use of lead shot for waterfowl hunting is prohibited in New York State, and waterfowl hunters are required to use DEC-approved non-lead shot alternatives. You may want to consider using non-lead shot alternatives to hunt other small game as well. Remove all bullets, slugs, shot, lead fragments and affected meat (including feathers, fur, debris, etc.) from game when preparing it for consumption.
Studies indicate that lead shot can contaminate game meat. Thus, people who eat game harvested with lead shot may be exposed to lead. More information on lead shot alternatives is provided on the DEC website at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/28175.html Studies have shown that people can be exposed to lead from shooting at indoor and outdoor firing ranges. For additional information on how to minimize your exposure to lead, call 1-800-458-1158, ext. 27900 (toll free).
Good Sanitary Practices - Bacteria, Viruses and Parasites in Fish and Game Fish and game and other meats can be contaminated with bacteria, viruses or parasites that can cause illness. You should harvest fish and game that act and look healthy, and follow good sanitary practices when preparing them.
We recommend that you wear rubber or plastic protective gloves while filleting, field dressing, skinning or butchering. We also recommend that you remove intestines soon after harvest, dont eat intestines and avoid direct contact with intestinal contents. Hands, utensils and work surfaces should be washed before and after handling any raw food, including fish and game meat. Fish and game should be kept cool (with ice or refrigerated below 45°F or 7°C) until filleted or butchered and then should be refrigerated or frozen. Some hunters prefer to hang big game for several days before butchering; this should not be done unless the game can be kept at temperatures consistently below 45°F. Fish and other seafood should be cooked to an internal temperature (in the thickest part) of 140°F (60°C); game birds and
6 other types of wild game meat should be cooked to an internal temperature (in the thickest part) of 165°F (74°C).
Advice on Eating Raw or Partially Cooked Fish, Shellfish and Other Meats Foods of animal origin, such as pork, poultry, beef, dairy products, eggs, fish and shellfish, can be contaminated with bacteria, viruses or parasites that can cause illness. Persons at high risk (for example, those who are immunocompromised, suffer from liver disease or other chronic diseases) can be more susceptible to and more severely affected by these infectious diseases. This is why we recommend that all of these foods be thoroughly cooked before eating. Government agencies and the food industry strive to minimize contamination of raw animal foods and provide healthful food products.
Call DEC at (631) 444-0475 for information on shellfish regulations, including areas in which clam, oyster and mussel collection are permitted. DEC routinely tests clam, oyster and mussel beds for bacteria. Based on these tests, an area may be closed to clam, oyster and mussel harvesting. You can check the DEC website at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/345.html for general information on shellfish harvest.
Call DEC at (631) 444-0480 for the latest information on emergency closures.
Deformed or Abnormal Fish The health implications of eating deformed or abnormal fish are unknown. Any obviously diseased fish (marked by tumors, lesions or other abnormal condition of the fish skin, meat or internal organs) should be discarded.
Botulism in Fish and Waterfowl In recent years, large numbers of some species of Lake Erie fish and waterfowl have been found dead, sick and dying, many of them as a result of botulism poisoning. The botulism poison is produced by Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that is common in the environment and can produce harmful levels of botulism poison under some conditions. This poison has been found in some of the affected fish and waterfowl. The botulism poison can cause illness and death if eaten by humans or animals. Cooking may not destroy the botulism poison. This problem may also occur in other waters, and we dont know whether all or only some fish and waterfowl species can be affected. DEC continues to monitor and investigate this problem.
No human cases of botulism poisoning have been linked to these events. However, as a precaution, do not eat any fish or game if they are found dead or dying, act abnormally or seem sick. If you must handle dead or dying fish, birds or other animals, cover your hands with disposable rubber or plastic protective gloves or a plastic bag.
Rabies and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
Rabies and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) are two diseases that can cause abnormal behavior in deer. Rabies can be found in any mammal (especially raccoons, bats, skunks and foxes) and is found only occasionally in New York State deer. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a disease of deer and elk. In 2005, CWD was found for the first time in captive and wild white-tailed deer in New York State. This disease has been present for several years in some deer or elk from several Western and mid-Western states and some Canadian provinces.
Rabies is a viral infection which causes a rapidly progressive disease of the animals nervous system that leads to paralysis and death, usually within several days after signs of the disease first appear. Rabid deer may seem to lose their normal fear of humans, appear to have injured hind legs, salivate excessively, or be found laying on the ground struggling.
Rabies can be transmitted from infected mammals to humans by exposure to infected tissues, particularly nervous tissue and saliva.
Treatment can prevent rabies from developing in exposed humans. Rabies is almost always fatal in exposed humans who develop the disease. Thorough cooking will inactivate the rabies virus (see Good Sanitary Practices on page 5 of this booklet), but meat from infected game should not be eaten. Hunters should be aware that deer with rabies might have symptoms similar to CWD.
CWD is a brain infection of deer and elk that leads to loss of body functions, poor body condition and abnormal behavior such as staggering or very poor posture. It eventually
7 leads to the death of the animal. CWD appears to be caused by abnormal, infectious proteins called prions. There is currently no evidence that CWD is linked to disease in people.
Cooking does not destroy the CWD prion.
The following precautions are recommended to minimize the risk of transmission of infectious diseases when handling or processing animals:
- Do not handle or eat deer or other game that appear sick, act strangely, or are found dead.
- Wear rubber or latex gloves when field dressing game.
- Avoid handling or cutting through the skull or spinal cord. Use separate dedicated knives, saws and cutting boards to butcher deer, particularly if you cut through the spinal cord or skull (such as when removing antlers). Do not use regular kitchen utensils. Wash thoroughly with soap and water any knives, butchering tools, work surfaces, hands and any other part of the body that has been exposed to animal tissue, blood, urine or feces. Equipment should then be rinsed with boiling (212 degree Fahrenheit) water or sanitized with a chemical sanitizer.
- As an additional precaution against CWD, you can soak cleaned knives and tools for one hour in a fresh solution of household chlorine bleach (unscented) mixed with an equal amount of water (e.g., 1 quart bleach with 1 quart of water), air dry, then rinse with clean water. Wipe down cleaned counters and other surfaces with the bleach solution and allow them to air dry.
- Warning: When handling bleach, wear rubber or latex gloves and avoid getting bleach in eyes or on skin or clothing. If bleach contacts eyes, skin, or clothing, immediately wash affected area with water and remove affected clothing. Make sure that enough fresh air is available because bleach may cause eye, nose, or throat irritation.
- Should you decide to take the skull cap (e.g.,
with antlers), make sure to thoroughly clean the skull cap, utensils and work surfaces with bleach solution, as described above.
- Avoid handling the brain and spinal tissues or fluids, saliva and mouth parts of game animals. If these tissues or fluids are handled, wash hands thoroughly with soap and water. If these tissues or fluids make contact with a person's eyes, nose, mouth, or fresh open breaks in a person's skin, contact the local health department to see if rabies exposure may have occurred and whether the animal should be tested for rabies.
- If possible, request that the meat from your deer be processed separately, without adding other hunters deer meat.
- The brain, spinal cord and other nervous tissue, spleen, pancreas, eyes, tonsils, and lymph nodes of game may have CWD prions, and additional organs (liver, kidney, heart and salivary glands) may pose a risk of infection for a number of diseases. Normal field dressing will eliminate most of these organs and tissues. Lymph nodes can be eliminated by boning out the meat and carefully trimming the fat and connective tissue. Although no current evidence links CWD to human health, out of an abundance of caution, we recommend that people not consume a known or suspect CWD positive animal.
For additional information about CWD and rabies, visit the NYS Department of Health Website at:
www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/zoonoses/
For an update on CWD testing in New York State and for information on wild deer, visit the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Website at:
www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7191.html For information on captive deer, visit the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets Website at: www.agmkt.state.ny.us/AI/cwd.html
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
8 2008-2009 Health Advisories The following recommendations are based on contaminant levels in fish and game. To minimize potential adverse health impacts, the DOH recommends:
- Eat no more than one meal (one-half pound) per week of fish from the states freshwaters, the Hudson River Estuary, Upper Bay of New York Harbor (north of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge),
Arthur Kill, Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, Raritan Bay west of Wolfes Pond Park, East River to the Throgs Neck Bridge and Harlem River, except as recommended below.
- Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish species from waters listed below.
- Follow trimming and cooking advice.
- Observe the following restrictions on eating fish from these waters and their tributaries to the first barrier impassable by fish.
- Advice for the Hudson River, New York Harbor area and other marine waters is on pages 18 through 20 and 24.
- The following advisories apply to New York State portions of listed waters. If you fish in portions of waters in another state, consult that states fish advisories, available from state health or environmental agencies, or on the internet at: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/states.htm Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Amawalk Reservoir [111]
(Westchester)
Largemouth and smallmouth bass over 16 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Arthur Kill [121]
(Richmond)
See page 19.
Ashokan Reservoir [45]
(Ulster)
Smallmouth bass over 16 and walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Barge Canal [3]
Tonawanda Creek, Lockport to Niagara River (Erie & Niagara)
Carp Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Beaver Lake [85] (Lewis)
Chain pickerel Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Big Moose Lake [90]
(Herkimer)
Yellow perch over 9 inches Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Blue Mountain Lake [99]
(Hamilton)
Largemouth and smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
9 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Bog Brook Reservoir [54]
(Putnam)
Walleye over 21 inches Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Boyds Corner Reservoir
[52] (Putnam)
Largemouth bass over 16 and walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Breakneck Pond [109]
(Rockland)
Largemouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Buffalo River/Harbor [6]
(Erie)
Carp Eat none PCBs Canada Lake [25] (Fulton)
Smallmouth bass over 15 and chain pickerel Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Canadice Lake [10]
(Ontario)
Lake trout over 25 and brown trout Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Cannonsville Reservoir
[32] (Delaware)
Smallmouth bass over 15 and yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Carry Falls Reservoir [65]
(St. Lawrence)
Walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Cayuga Creek [2]
(Niagara)
All species Eat none Dioxin Chase Lake [26] (Fulton)
Yellow perch over 9 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Chenango River [29]
Walleye over 22 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Chodikee Lake [49]
(Ulster)
Largemouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Cranberry Lake [74]
(St. Lawrence)
Smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Crane Pond [107] (Essex)
Smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Cross River Reservoir
[113] (Westchester)
Largemouth and smallmouth bass over 16 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Dart Lake [89] (Herkimer)
Yellow perch over 10 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Delaware Park Lake [5]
(Erie)
Carp Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Diverting Reservoir [56]
(Putnam)
Walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Dunham Reservoir [38]
(Rensselaer)
Walleye Smallmouth bass Eat none Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Mercury
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
10 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Dyken Pond [39]
(Rensselaer)
Largemouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury East Branch Reservoir
[55] (Putnam)
Walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury East River [117] (NYC)
See Table on page 19.
East Stoner Lake (or Middle Stoner Lake) [23]
See Middle Stoner Lake Effley Falls Reservoir
[79](Lewis)
Chain pickerel and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Eighteen Mile Creek [4]
(Niagara)
All species Eat none PCBs Elmer Falls Reservoir [78]
(Lewis)
Smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Ferris Lake [21] (Hamilton)
Yellow perch over 12 Eat none Mercury Smaller yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Forked Lake [94]
(Hamilton)
Largemouth and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Fourth Lake [101]
(Herkimer & Hamilton)
Lake trout Eat none DDT Francis Lake [84] (Lewis)
Yellow perch over 9 and chain pickerel Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Franklin Falls Flow (Pond) [69] (Essex and Franklin)
Walleye Eat none Mercury Freeport Reservoir [130]
(Nassau)
Carp Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane Fresh Pond [136 ] (Hither Hills State Park, Suffolk)
Largemouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Goodyear Lake [33]
(Otsego)
Walleye over 22 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Grant Park Pond [126]
(Nassau)
Carp Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Grasse River [62] Mouth to Massena Power Canal (St. Lawrence)
All species Eat none PCBs Great Sacandaga Lake
[27 ] (Fulton and Saratoga)
Smallmouth bass and walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Halfmoon Lake [83]
(Lewis)
Yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
11 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Halls Pond [125] (Nassau)
Carp and goldfish Eat none Chlordane Harlem River [116] (NYC)
See Table on page 19.
Herrick Hollow Creek [34]
(Delaware)
Brook trout Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs High Falls Pond [77]
(Lewis)
Smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Hoosic River [37]
(Rensselaer)
Brown trout over 14 Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Hudson River [28, 43 &
110]
See Table on page 18.
Indian Lake [64] (Lewis)
All species Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Irondequoit Bay [8]
(Monroe)
Carp Eat none PCBs, Mirex Keuka Lake [11] (Yates &
Steuben)
Lake trout over 25 Eat no more than one meal per month DDT Kill Van Kull [120]
(Richmond)
See page 19.
Kinderhook Lake [42]
(Columbia)
American eel Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Kings Flow [105]
(Hamilton)
Largemouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Koppers Pond [15]
(Chemung)
Carp Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Lake Capri [134] (Suffolk)
American eel and carp Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane, Cadmium Lake Champlain [76]
-Whole Lake Lake trout over 25 and walleye over 19 Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs, Mercury
-Bay within Cumberland Head to Crab Island Brown bullhead Eat none PCBs American eel and yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Lake Durant and Rock Pond, Town of Indian Lake
[100] (Hamilton)
Largemouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Lake Eaton [95] (Hamilton)
Yellow perch over 10 and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
12 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Channel catfish, carp, lake trout over 25 and brown trout over 20 Eat none PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin Lake Ontario [9]
(note: harvest/possession of Niagara River, Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River American eel is prohibited per NYSDEC Regulations.)
Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, white sucker, smaller lake trout, smaller brown trout and coho salmon over 25 Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
-West of Point Breeze White perch Eat none PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
-East of Point Breeze White perch Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin Lincoln Pond [108]
(Essex)
Largemouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Loch Sheldrake [48]
(Sullivan)
Walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Lofts Pond [128] (Nassau)
Carp and goldfish Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane Long Lake [96] (Hamilton)
Northern pike Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Long Pond, Town of Croghan [80] (Lewis)
Splake over 12 Eat none Mercury Lower Saranac Lake [72]
(Franklin)
Smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Lower and Upper Sister Lakes [92] (Hamilton)
Yellow perch over 10 Eat none Mercury Upper Massapequa Reservoir [132] (Nassau)
White perch Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane Massena Power Canal
[61] (St. Lawrence)
Smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Meacham Lake [66]
(Franklin)
Yellow perch over 12 and smallmouth bass Eat none Mercury Northern pike and smaller yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Middle Stoner Lake (or East Stoner Lake) [23]
(Fulton)
Smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
13 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Carp Eat none PCBs Mohawk River [17]
-Between Oriskany Creek and West Canada Creek (Oneida & Herkimer)
Largemouth bass and tiger muskellunge Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs
-Between West Canada Creek and Fivemile Dam below Little Falls (Herkimer)
Carp Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Moshier Reservoir [88]
(Herkimer)
Smallmouth bass and yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Nassau Lake [41]
(Rensselaer)
All species Eat none PCBs Neversink Reservoir [46]
(Sullivan)
Brown trout over 24 and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Newark Bay [118]
(Richmond)
See Table on page 19.
New York Harbor [119]
See pages 19 & 20.
Niagara River [1]
-Above Niagara Falls Carp Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Channel catfish, carp, lake trout over 25, brown trout over 20 and white perch Eat none PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
-Below Niagara Falls (note: harvest/possession of Niagara River, Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River American eel is prohibited per NYSDEC Regulations.)
Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, white sucker, smaller lake trout, smaller brown trout and coho salmon over 25 Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin North Lake [102], Town of Ohio (Herkimer)
Yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury North-South Lake [44]
(Greene)
Largemouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
14 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Walleye Eat none Mercury Largemouth bass over 15, and smallmouth bass over 15 Eat none Mercury, PCBs Carp, channel catfish, white perch Eat no more than one meal per month Dioxin, PCBs, Mercury Onondaga Lake [13]
(Onondaga)
All other species and smaller largemouth and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Osgood Pond [70]
(Franklin)
Smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Oswego River [57]
-Mouth to Oswego power dam See Lake Ontario
-Oswego power dam to upper dam at Fulton (Oswego)
Channel catfish Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Pepacton Reservoir [35]
(Delaware)
Brown trout over 24, smallmouth bass over 15 and yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Pine Lake [24] (Fulton)
Largemouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Polliwog Pond [71]
(Franklin)
Smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Raquette Lake [93]
(Hamilton)
Largemouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Raritan Bay West of Wolfes Pond Park [122]
See Table on page 19.
Red Lake [63] (Jefferson)
Walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Ridders Pond [123]
(Nassau)
Goldfish Eat none Chlordane Rio Reservoir [51] (Orange
& Sullivan)
Smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Rock Pond and Lake Durant [100], Town of Indian Lake (Hamilton)
Largemouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
15 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Rondout Reservoir [47]
(Sullivan & Ulster)
Smallmouth bass over 16 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Round Pond [104] Town of Long Lake (Hamilton)
Yellow perch over 12 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Rushford Lake [7]
(Allegany)
Walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Russian Lake [91]
(Hamilton)
Yellow perch over 9 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Sacandaga Lake [103]
(Hamilton)
Smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury St. James Pond [133]
(Suffolk)
All species Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane, DDT Carp, channel catfish, lake trout over 25 and brown trout over 20 Eat none PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin St. Lawrence River [60]
-Whole river (note: harvest/possession of Niagara River, Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River American eel is prohibited per NYSDEC Regulations.)
Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, white perch, white sucker, smaller lake trout, smaller brown trout and coho salmon over 25 Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
-Bay at St. Lawrence/
Franklin Co. line All species Eat none PCBs Salmon River [58] Mouth to Salmon Reservoir (Oswego) (also see Lake Ontario)
Smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs, Mirex Salmon River Reservoir
[59] (Oswego)
Largemouth and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Sand Lake [20], Town of Arietta (Hamilton)
Chain pickerel Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Sauquoit Creek [18]
Between Old Silk Mill Dam (near New Hartford/Paris town line) and Mohawk River (Oneida)
Brown trout Eat none PCBs Saw Mill River [114]
(Westchester)
American eel Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
16 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Smallmouth bass over 15 and walleye over 18 Eat none Mercury Schoharie Reservoir [36]
(Delaware, Greene and Schoharie)
Smaller smallmouth bass and smaller walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Schroon Lake [106]
(Warren & Essex)
Lake trout over 27, yellow perch over 13 and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs, Mercury Seneca River [14]
downstream of Lock 24 at Baldwinsville See Onondaga Lake Sheldrake River [115]
(Westchester)
American eel Eat none Chlordane, Dieldrin Goldfish Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane Skaneateles Creek [12]
From dam at Skaneateles to Seneca River (Onondaga)
Brown trout over 10 Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Smith Pond - Rockville Centre [127] (Nassau)
White perch Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane Smith Pond - Roosevelt Park [129] (Nassau)
American eel Carp and goldfish Eat none Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane Chlordane Soft Maple Dam Pond [81]
and Soft Maple Reservoir
[82] (Lewis)
Rock bass and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury South Pond [97], Town of Long Lake (Hamilton)
Yellow perch over 10 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Spring Pond - Middle Island [135] (Suffolk)
Carp and goldfish Eat none Chlordane Spy Lake [19] (Hamilton)
Smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Stillwater Reservoir [87]
(Herkimer)
Yellow perch over 9, smallmouth bass and splake Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Sunday Lake [86]
(Herkimer)
Chain pickerel Eat none Mercury Yellow perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury
Waters with changes from the 2007-2008 Health Advisories are underlined.
Numbers in brackets refer to map on page 21 or 22.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should not eat any fish from the waters listed above.
17 Water (County)
Species Recommendations Chemical(s) of Concern Susquehanna River [30]
Walleye over 22 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Swinging Bridge Reservoir [50] (Sullivan)
Walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Threemile Creek [16]
(Oneida)
White sucker Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Titicus Reservoir [112]
(Westchester)
White perch Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Tupper Lake [75] (Franklin
& St. Lawrence)
Smallmouth bass and walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Unadilla River [31]
Walleye over 22 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Union Falls Flow (Pond)
[68] (Clinton & Franklin)
Northern pike and smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Upper and Lower Sister Lakes [92] (Hamilton)
Yellow perch over 10 Eat none Mercury Upper Bay of New York Harbor [119 ] (north of Verrazano Narrows Bridge)
See Table on page 19.
Upper Chateaugay Lake
[67] (Clinton)
Smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Upper Twin Pond [131]
(Nassau)
American eel Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane Valatie Kill [40]
-Between County Rt. 18 and Nassau Lake (Rensselaer)
All species Eat none PCBs
-Between Nassau Lake and Kinderhook Lake (Rensselaer & Columbia)
American eel, bluegill and redbreasted sunfish Eat no more than one meal per month PCBs Weller Pond [73] (Franklin)
Northern pike Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury West Branch Reservoir
[53] (Putnam)
Walleye Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Whitney Park Pond [124]
(Nassau)
Carp and goldfish Eat no more than one meal per month Chlordane Willis Lake [22]
(Hamilton)
Smallmouth bass Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury Woods Lake [98]
(Hamilton)
Smallmouth bass over 15 Eat no more than one meal per month Mercury
18 Fish Advisories for the Hudson River Women of childbearing age and children under the age of 15 should EAT NO fish of any species from the Hudson River downstream of the Corinth Dam (the waters listed below).
Other people should follow listed advice.
Hudson River Section (chemicals of concern)
Eat None Eat no more than one meal per month Eat no more than one (1/2 pound) meal per week Corinth Dam to Dam at Route 9 Bridge in South Glens Falls (mercury)
Smallmouth bass over 14 All other fish species Sherman Island Dam downstream to Feeder Dam at South Glens Falls (PCBs)
Carp All other fish species Dam at Route 9 Bridge in South Glens Falls to Bakers Falls (PCBs)
All fish species Bakers Falls to Troy Dam Catch and release fishing only per NYS Department of Environmental Conservation regulations Troy Dam south to bridge at Catskill (PCBs)
All fish species except those listed at right Alewife Blueback herring Rock bass Yellow perch American shad South of Catskill (PCBs in fish and cadmium, dioxin and PCBs in crabs)
(note: harvest/possession of Hudson River American eel for food is prohibited per NYSDEC Regulations.)
Channel catfish Gizzard shad White catfish Crab hepatopancreas and crab cooking liquid*
Atlantic needlefish Bluefish Brown bullhead Carp Goldfish Largemouth bass Rainbow smelt Smallmouth bass Striped bass Walleye White perch All other fish species Blue crab meat*
(six crabs per week)
- The hepatopancreas (the green stuff also known as mustard, tomalley, liver) found in the body section of crabs and lobsters should not be eaten because it has high contaminant levels. Because contaminants are transferred to cooking liquid, crab or lobster cooking liquid should also be discarded (Contaminants - cadmium, dioxin, PCBs)
19 Fish Advisories for Upper Bay of New York Harbor Area & Western Raritan Bay Women of childbearing age and children under the age of 15 should EAT NO fish of any species from the waters listed below. Other people should follow listed advice.
Location (chemicals of concern)
Eat none Eat no more than one meal per month Eat no more than one (1/2 pound) meal per week Upper Bay of New York Harbor - North of Verrazano Narrows Bridge (PCBs)
Gizzard shad White perch Crab hepatopancreas and crab cooking liquid*
American eel Atlantic needlefish Bluefish Rainbow smelt Striped bass All other fish species Blue crab meat*
(six crabs per week)
East River - (to the Throgs Neck Bridge) & Harlem River (PCBs)
American eel Gizzard shad Crab hepatopancreas and crab cooking liquid*
Atlantic needlefish Bluefish Rainbow smelt Striped bass White perch All other fish species Blue crab meat*
(six crabs per week)
Newark Bay, Arthur Kill & Kill Van Kull (Dioxin and PCBs)
American eel Gizzard shad Striped bass White perch Crab hepatopancreas and crab cooking liquid*
Atlantic needlefish Bluefish Rainbow smelt All other fish species Blue crab meat*
(six crabs per week)
Raritan Bay West of Wolfes Pond Park (Dioxin and PCBs in fish and cadmium, dioxin and PCBs in crabs)
White perch Crab hepatopancreas and crab cooking liquid*
Striped bass All other fish species Blue crab meat*
(six crabs per week)
- The hepatopancreas (the green stuff also known as mustard, tomalley, liver) found in the body section of crabs and lobsters should not be eaten because it has high contaminant levels. Because contaminants are transferred to cooking liquid, crab or lobster cooking liquid should also be discarded (Contaminants - cadmium, dioxin, PCBs)
20 Fish Advisories for Lower Bay of New York Harbor, Raritan Bay east of Wolfes Pond Park, Jamaica Bay, Long Island Sound, Long Island South Shore Waters, Peconic and Gardiners Bays, and Block Island Sound Location (Chemical of concern)
Eat none Eat no more than one meal per month Eat no more than one meal per week Lower Bay of New York Harbor; Raritan Bay east of Wolfes Pond Park; and Long Island Sound west of Wading River (PCBs in fish and cadmium, dioxin and PCBs in crabs and lobsters)
Women of childbearing age and children under the age of 15 should EAT NO striped bass from these waters No one should eat crab or lobster hepatopancreas or crab or lobster cooking liquid*
Women beyond childbearing years and adult males should EAT NO MORE THAN ONE MEAL PER MONTH of striped bass from these waters.
Advice for everyone:
American eel Bluefish Long Island Sound east of Wading River; Long Island South Shore waters Jamaica Bay; Peconic Bay; Gardiners Bay; and Block Island Sound (PCBs in fish and cadmium, dioxin and PCBs in crabs and lobsters)
No one should eat crab or lobster hepatopancreas or crab or lobster cooking liquid*
Advice for everyone:
American eel Bluefish Striped bass Map of New York Marine Waters LONG ISLAND SOUND ATLANTIC OCEAN Peconic Bays Gardiners Bay BLOCK ISLAND SOUND LONG ISLAND Wading River HUDSON RIVER PRT 96 Great South Bay Jamaica Bay
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24 Additional Advice Advisories for Lake Erie - Due to PCBs, women of childbearing age, infants and children under 15 are advised to eat no more than one meal per week of chinook salmon less than 19 inches, burbot, freshwater drum, lake whitefish, rock bass and yellow perch and to EAT NO MORE THAN ONE MEAL PER MONTH of all other fish from Lake Erie.
Other people should eat no more than one meal per week of any Lake Erie fish species.
Snapping Turtles - Snapping turtles retain contaminants in their fat, liver, eggs and, to a lesser extent, muscle. If you choose to consume snapping turtles, you can reduce your exposure by carefully trimming away all fat and discarding the fat, liver and eggs prior to cooking the meat or preparing soup.
Women of childbearing age, infants and children under the age of 15 should AVOID EATING snapping turtles or soups made with their meat. (Contaminant - PCBs)
Wild Waterfowl - Mergansers are the most heavily contaminated waterfowl species and should NOT BE EATEN. EAT NO MORE THAN TWO MEALS PER MONTH of other wild waterfowl; you should skin them and remove all fat before cooking, and discard stuffing after cooking. Wood ducks and Canada geese are less contaminated than other wild waterfowl species and diving ducks are more contaminated than dabbler ducks. (Contaminants - PCBs, mirex, chlordane, DDT)
Special Advice for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Eating American Shad and Blue Crab from the Hudson River, Upper Bay of New York Harbor, East and Harlem Rivers, Newark Bay, Arthur Kill, Kill Van Kull and Raritan Bay West of Wolfes Pond Park.
The advisory for women of childbearing age, infants and children under 15 is EAT NONE for all fish from these waters. However, based on contaminant data, a few meals of American shad meat and roe and blue crab meat from these waters would not pose an unacceptable health risk for women of childbearing age and children, assuming these are their only significant exposures to the contaminants of concern. (Contaminants -PCBs in American shad; and PCBs, cadmium and dioxin in blue crab).
The hepatopancreas (the green stuff also known as mustard, tomalley, liver) found in the body section of crabs and lobsters should not be eaten because it has high contaminant levels. Because contaminants are transferred to cooking liquid, crab or lobster cooking liquid should also be discarded.
25 Information on Chemicals in Sportfish and Game Most of what we know about the potential health effects of these chemicals comes from high-dose laboratory animal studies or in people exposed by accidents or in the workplace. Chemicals that cause health effects in laboratory animals and people after high level exposures may also increase the risk of effects in people exposed to lower levels for long periods of time.
For information on how to reduce your exposures to contaminants in fish see page 4; and for information on how to reduce your exposures from snapping turtles and waterfowl see page 24.
The following write-ups provide some basic information on the chemicals that have been found in sportfish and game in New York State.
PCBs PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) are a family of man-made chemicals that were used in many commercial and electrical products until their manufacture was banned in the mid-1970s. PCBs are persistent in the environment and accumulate in the fat of fish and other animals. Thus, PCBs still remain a fish contaminant.
Health concerns: Studies of women and their children show a link between elevated levels of PCBs in their bodies and slight effects on their children's birth weight, short-term memory and learning ability. A study of older adults (49-86 years old) who ate fish containing PCBs suggest that higher PCB exposure is associated with decreased memory and learning. Other studies have suggested a link between increased PCB exposure and effects on the human reproductive system, including changes in sperm quality, time to pregnancy and menstrual cycles. These studies suggest that the effects were caused by PCBs, but other factors may have played a role too. Studies of workers exposed to PCBs raise concerns that these chemicals can cause cancer in people, but the information is not adequate to prove that this is the case.
Mercury Mercury is a metal that occurs naturally in the environment and can also get into the environment from human activity. Most of the mercury that accumulates in fish is an organic form called methylmercury. Fish that live longer and eat other fish tend to have more methylmercury than do smaller fish.
Health concerns: Methylmercury can cause effects on the nervous system. Exposure to methylmercury is more of a concern for children and unborn babies because their nervous systems are still developing. People who ate fish that contained large amounts of methylmercury had permanent damage to the brain, kidneys and fetus. Some recent research on populations that eat a large amount of fish finds that methylmercury can affect children's memory, attention and language development. Other research on a different population that also eats large amounts of fish has not found such effects.
26 Chlordane, DDT, Dieldrin and Mirex Chlordane, DDT, dieldrin and mirex are all man-made organochlorine chemicals that were once used as insecticides. Mirex was also used as a flame retardant in a number of materials. Although these chemicals have been banned in the United States since the 1970s (with the exception that chlordane and dieldrin were allowed for termite control until the 1980s), they are very persistent in the environment and accumulate in the fat of fish and other animals. Thus, these chemicals can still be found as fish contaminants.
Health concerns: Chlordane, DDT, dieldrin and mirex can cause effects on the nervous system and the liver in laboratory animals. Chlordane, DDT and dieldrin have also caused effects on the nervous system of people. Some of these chemicals can also cause effects on the kidneys, the thyroid gland and on reproduction in animals and people. The levels of exposure that caused these effects are typically much higher than would likely occur from eating fish containing these chemicals. Chlordane, DDT, dieldrin and mirex also caused cancer in laboratory animals exposed to high levels over their lifetimes. Whether these chemicals cause cancer in people is not known.
Dioxins and Furans Dioxins (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins or PCDDs) and furans (polychlorinated dibenzofurans or PCDFs) are two closely related families of chemicals. Some dioxins and furans are unwanted by-products of manufacturing and also come from the smoke or ash of motor vehicles, municipal waste incinerators, wood fires and trash burning. Dioxins and furans are very persistent in the environment and accumulate in the fat of fish and other animals. Thus, these chemicals are fish contaminants.
Health concerns: Most of what we know about dioxins and furans come from one particular dioxin, but many of these chemicals are likely to cause similar health effects. Dioxins and furans have been associated with causing skin effects as well as changes in reproductive hormone levels and indicators of liver function in people. Weaker evidence suggests that these chemicals can also cause a number of other health effects in people. Such effects include an association between a mothers exposure and effects on her childs nervous system, hormone levels and immune system.
Some dioxins have been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals exposed to high levels of the chemicals throughout their lifetime. Some evidence suggests that people exposed to dioxins, as well as other chemicals at the same time, have developed cancer.
Cadmium Cadmium is a naturally-occurring metal found in small amounts in soil and water. Cadmium is used in many industrial operations and in consumer products such as paints, plastics and batteries.
Cadmium also occurs in foods (especially fruits, vegetables and cereals) and tobacco. Cadmium can also be found in fish and shellfish from some waters.
Health concerns: Cadmium accumulates in the body, mainly in the kidneys, with continued exposure. Some people with long-term cadmium exposure have had effects on their kidneys, bones and blood.
Prepared by New York State Department of Health Division of Environmental Health Assessment 5/21/08 27 Contacts for Additional Information New York State Department of Health For more information on health effects from exposure to chemical contaminants or to provide comments on the format or content of this report contact:
Environmental Health Information: 1-800-458-1158, extension 27815 (toll-free). Calls are taken from 8:00AM-4:30PM, Monday through Friday. After hours, leave a voice mail message. The full advisories are also available from the Internet at:
www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/outdoors/fish/fish.htm or can be requested by e-mail at:
BTSA@health.state.ny.us New York State Department of Environmental Conservation For more information on fishing inland waters, contact:
Region 1 Loop Road Bldg. 40 SUNY Stony Brook, NY 11790 (631) 444-0280 Region 4 65561 State Hwy. 10 Suite One Stamford, NY 12167-9503 (607) 652-7366 Region 7 1285 Fisher Avenue Cortland, NY 13045-1090 (607) 753-3095, ext.213 Region 2 1 Hunter Point Plaza 47-40 21st Street Long Island City, NY 11101-5407 (718) 482-4922 Region 5 1115 NYS Rt. 86 P.O. Box 296 Raybrook, NY 12977-0296 (518) 897-1333 Region 8 6274 E. Avon-Lima Road Avon, NY 14414-9519 (585) 226-5343 Region 3 21 South Putt Corners Road New Paltz, NY 12561-1696 (845) 256-3161 Region 6 317 Washington St.
Watertown, NY 13601-3787 (315) 785-2262 Region 9 270 Michigan Avenue Buffalo, NY 14203-2999 (716) 851-7000 or 7010 For more information on fishing marine waters, contact:
For information on contaminant levels in fish, shellfish and wildlife, contact:
Bureau of Finfish and Crustaceans 205 North Belle Mead Road, Suite 1 East Setauket, NY 11733 (631) 444-0435 Division of Fish and Wildlife 625 Broadway, Fifth Floor Albany, NY 12233-4756 (518) 402-8920
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State of New York David A. Paterson, Governor Department of Health Richard F. Daines, M.D, Commissioner