OEHHA Issues Updated Fish Advisory for San Francisco Bay

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has released an updated fish advisory issued today for San Francisco Bay that provides safe-eating advice for 18 fish species, including new “do-not-eat” advice for Mississippi Silverside, Pacific Sardine and Topsmelt. Additionally, no one should eat fish or shellfish from Lauritzen Channel in Richmond Inner Harbor.
OEHHA developed the recommendations based on the levels of mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) found in fish caught from the bay. The “do-not-eat” advice for all fish in the Lauritzen Channel located in Richmond Inner Harbor remains in effect from the previous advisory due to high levels of dieldrin and DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its byproducts).

If you have any questions about these advisories, please contact OEHHA at fish.advisory@oehha.ca.gov.

Press Release:  https://oehha.ca.gov/advisories/san-francisco-bay

The DDT does not dissolve and remains in the sediment for a long time.

And to mention oil spills and chemical leaks over the years and years which i am sure contribute to toxins in fish.
 

thank you for the information, Ron.