Below is a list of the safer, and more dangerous, fish you can consume (taken from Oceans Alive, part of the Environmental Defense Network). Unsafe fish are often high in mercury and PCBs and should be completely avoided by pregnant women, young children, and those trying to conceive. Fish is the primary means of exposure to these toxins, and in utero exposure can have devastating effects on a developing fetus.
SAFER:
Abalone
Anchovies
Arctic char (farmed)
Catfish (U.S. farmed)
Caviar (U.S. farmed)
Clams (farmed)
Crab (Dungeness, snow, stone)
Crawfish (U.S.)
Halibut (Pacific/Alaska)
Herring (Atlantic, U.S., Canada)
Mackeral (Atlantic)
Mahimahi (Atlantic; U.S.)
Mussels (farmed)
Oysters (farmed)
Sablefish/black cod (Alaska)
Salmon (wild Alaska, canned pink/sockeye)
Sardines
Scallops (bay, farmed)
Shrimp (Canada, Oregon pink, U.S. farmed)
Spot prawns
Striped bass (farmed)
Sturgeon (U.S. farmed)
Tilapia (U.S.)
AVOID:
Caviar (wild)
Chilean sea bass/Toothfish
Cod (Atlantic)
Grouper
Halibut (Atlantic)
Marlin
Monkfish/Goosefish
Orange roughy
Rockfish/rock cod
Salmon (Atlantic/farmed)
Shark
Shrimp/prawns (imported)
Skate
Snapper
Sturgeon (wild)
Swordfish
Tilefish
Tuna (bluefin)
Also see this fantastic pocket sushi guide.
Posted by gotmercury on January 4, 2010 at 2:53 pm
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