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| SPECIES |
GENERAL
POPULATION
EAT NO MORE THAN: (2, 3) |
HIGH-RISK
INDIVIDUAL (1)EAT NO MORE THAN: (2,
3) |
| STRIPED
BASS |
One
meal per month |
Do
Not Eat |
BLUEFISH
(greater than 6 lbs/24 inches) |
Six
meals per year
Revised - June 2009 |
BLUEFISH
(less than 6lbs/24 inches) |
One
meal per month |
| AMERICAN
EEL |
Four
meals per year |
| AMERICAN
LOBSTER |
Do
Not Eat the Green Gland (a.k.a., Tomalley or Hepatopancreas) |
| ESTUARINE
& MARINE WATERS |
| WATERBODY |
SPECIES |
GENERAL
POPULATION
EAT NO MORE THAN |
HIGH-RISK
INDIVIDUAL EAT NO MORE THAN |
NEWARK
BAY COMPLEX
Including Newark Bay, tidal
Hackensack River, Arthur
Kill, Kill Van Kull and tidal
tributaries. |
Blue
Crab* |
Do not eat or harvest (5) |
| Striped
Bass* |
Four
meals per year |
Do
not eat |
| American
Eel* |
Do
not eat |
| White
Perch |
| White
Catfish |
One
meal per year |
| TIDAL
PASSAIC RIVER
Dundee Dam to Newark Bayand tributaries. |
All
Fish & Shellfish* |
Do
not eat |
| Blue
Crab* |
Do
not harvest, (4) Do not eat |
HUDSON
RIVER
Downstream of NY-NJ
border including the Upper
New York Bay |
Striped
Bass* |
Four
meals per year |
Do
not eat |
| American
Eel* |
One
meal per year |
| White
Perch |
| Winter
Flounder |
One
meal per month |
| White
Catfish |
Do
not eat |
| Blue
Crab |
One
meal of 7 crabs per week
Do not eat green gland (hepatopancreas);
Discard cooking liquid |
RARITAN
BAY
COMPLEX
Includes the Raritan Bay,
tidal Raritan River (to Rte. 1
bridge) and the tidal portions
of all tributaries. *See below for White Perch and White Catfish
for the Raritan River and South River. |
American
Lobster |
One
meal per week
Do not eat green gland (hepatopancreas)
Discard cooking liquid |
| Weakfish |
One
meal per month
|
Do
not eat |
| Striped
Bass |
| Winter
Flounder |
One
meal per month |
| Porgy |
| American
Eel |
One
meal per year |
Do
not eat |
| Summer
Flounder |
One
meal per week |
| White
Perch (Raritan Bay) |
One
meal per year |
Do
not eat |
| Blue
Crab |
One
meal of 7 crabs per month
Do not eat green gland (hepatopancreas);
Discard cooking liquid |
| RARITAN
RIVER upstream of Route 35 Bridge and South River (tidal portion) |
White
Catfish |
Four
meals per year |
Do
not eat |
| White
Perch |
| SANDY
HOOK BAY & LOWER BAY |
Summer
Flounder |
One
meal per week |
COASTAL
TRIBUTARIES
Navesink River, Shrewsbury
River, Shark River, Toms
River & Mullica River. |
American
Eel |
One
meal per month |
| BARNEGAT
BAY AT MANAHAWKIN BAY |
Weakfish
|
One
meal per week |
One
meal per month |
COASTAL
WATERS
Atlantic Ocean from Sandy Hook to Sea Bright |
Summer
Flounder |
One
meal per week |
| ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Sea Isle City to Cape May |
Weakfish
|
One
meal per week |
One
meal per month |
LOWER
(TIDAL)
DELAWARE RIVER
Trenton, NJ to PA/DE line,
including all tributaries to the
head of tide. |
Largemouth
Bass |
One
meal per month |
Do
not eat |
| Hybrid
Striped Bass |
No
restrictions |
One
meal per week |
| American
eel |
One
meal per year |
Do
not eat |
| Channel
Catfish |
| White
Catfish |
One
meal per month |
| Striped
Bass |
Four
meals per year |
| White
Perch |
DELAWARE RIVER
ESTUARY- DE/NJ/PA
border to C&D Canal |
All finfish |
Do
not eat |
DELAWARE
ESTUARY &
BAY
C&D Canal to the mouth of
Delaware Bay |
Bluefish
|
Do
not eat fish larger than 6 lbs or 24 inches |
Do
not eat |
| One
meal per year for fish less than 6lbs or less than 24 inches |
| Weakfish |
One
meal per week |
One
meal per month |
| Striped
Bass |
One
meal per year |
Do
not eat |
| White
perch |
| American
eel |
| Channel
catfish |
| White
catfish |
DELAWARE BAY
TRIBUTARIES |
American eel |
One
meal per month |
Four
meals per year |
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(1)
High-risk individuals include infants, children, pregnant women, nursing
mothers and women of childbearing age.
(2) One meal is defined as an eight-ounce serving
(3) Eat only the fillet portions of the fish. Use proper
trimming techniques to remove fat, and cooking methods that
allow juices to drain from the fish (e.g., baking, broiling, frying, grilling,
and steaming). See text for full
description.
(4) Sunfish includes bluegill, pumpkinseed, and redbreast
sunfish.
(5) No harvest means no taking or attempting to take any
blue crabs from these waters.
Note: Not all species were found or analyzed in all water bodies, or inadequate
data were available to list some
species.
(P) = Pinelands Area
* Selling any of these species from designated water bodies is prohibited
in New Jersey.
NOTE: To reduce your exposure, eat those fish with the lowest meal restrictions.
Do not combine meal restrictions. (For example, If you eat multiple species
or catch fish from more than one area, the recommended guidelines for different
species and different locations should not be combined.) |
