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The following reports and notices, listed chronologically, provide information on various topics and locations in California where advice has been issued or is being developed.
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Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish and Shellfish from the Central and South Delta updated
[02/08/12] -
Guide to fish you buy - which fish are lower in mercury and higher in healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
[07/08/11] -
A Guide to Eating San Francisco Bay Fish and Shellfish
[05/23/11] - Development of Fish Contaminant Goals and Avdisory Tissues Levels for Common Contaminants in California Sport Fish: POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDEs)
[05/23/11] - Safe Eating Guidelines for Donner Lake
[01/27/11] - DDTs in Sport Fish: Information for Fish Consumers
[12/22/10] - Dieldrin in Sport Fish: Information for Fish Consumers
[12/22/10] - General Health Advice for People Catching and Eating Sport Fish in California
[12/22/10] - Health Advisory
and
Safe Eating Guidelines
for Fish from
Magic Johnson Lakes (Los Angeles County, CA)
[07/07/10] - Report on The Safety of Consuming Fish and Shellfish From Areas Impacted By The T/V Dubai Star Oil Spill In San Francisco Bay, California
[04/29/10] - Advice following the October 30, 2009 Dubai Star oil spill in SF Bay
[12/07/09]- Reopening of Fishing Closure for Crown Memorial State Beach
- Final Fishing Closure Lifted
- Health Advisory: OEHHA recommends that sport harvesters not take or eat mussels from the bayside shoreline on the west and south sides of Ballena Boulevard and that recommend that anglers should include mussels and other shellfish as they follow the existing San Francisco Bay and Delta region fish consumption advisory.
- Advisories following the October 30, 2009 Dubai Star oil spill in SF Bay
[11/30/09]- Partial Reopening of SF Bay Fishing
- Fishing Closures Lifted for Most of Alameda Shoreline (Only One Beach Remains Closed to Harvesting)
- Health Advisory: OEHHA recommends that sport harvesters not take or eat mussels from the bayside shoreline on the west and south sides of Ballena Boulevard
- DFG's Updated and Amended Declaration of Closure Boundaries
Dr. Margy Gassel's Presentation to the Assembly Committees on Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials and Natural Resources at the Informational Hearing on Marine Debris, Its Impacts, and Strategies for Its Reduction held on November 17, 2009
[11/25/09]
Updated Fish Consumption Advice following the October 30, 2009 Dubai Star oil spill in SF Bay
[11/04/09]
- Memorandum from OEHHA to Department of Fish and Game
- Department of Fish and Game's Declaration of Fisheries Closure
OEHHA Fish Consumption Advice following the October 30, 2009 Dubai Star oil spill in SF Bay
[10/31/09]
- Memorandum from OEHHA to Department of Fish and Game
- Department of Fish and Game's Declaration of Fisheries Closure
- Department of Fish and Game Press Release
Slides from a presentation given June 23rd, 2009, at a U.S. EPA public meeting in Los Angeles, CA.
[07/02/09]
Announcement of Updated Safe Eating Guidelines for the Following Water Bodies: Trinity Lake and East Fork Trinity River, Rainbow Trout from Lewiston Lake, Carrville Pond, and Trinity River upstream of Trinity Lake, Black Butte Reservoir, Stony Gorge Reservoir, East Park Reservoir, Lake Pillsbury, Lake Mendocino, Clear Lake and Cache Creek, Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills, Lake Englebrigh, Rollins Reservoir, Camp Far West Reservoir, Lake Combie, Lower Feather River, Lake Sonoma, Lake Berryessa, Putah Creek, Lower American River, Tomales Bay, Soulajule Reservoir, Nicasio Reservoir, Lake Herman, Central and South Delta, Lower Cosumnes River, Lower Mokelumne River, Mokelumne River at Lodi Lake, Lafayette Reservoir, Lake Chabot, Del Valle Reservoir, Stevens Creek Reservoir, Anderson Reservoir, San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the Port of Stockton, Grassland Area, Lake Nacimiento, Harbor Park Lake, Salton Sea
[03/18/09]
Follow this link for a slide presentation on mercury in fish from the Sacramento River and Northern Delta
Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from San Pablo Reservoir (Contra Costa County)
[2/26/09]
Announcement of Final Report
Development of Fish Contaminant Goals and Advisory Tissue Levels for Common Contaminants in California Sport Fish: Chlordane, DDTs, Dieldrin, Methylmercury, PCBs, Selenium and Toxaphene
[06/27/08]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish and Shellfish from the Sacramento River and Northern Delta (Solano, Sacramento, Yolo, Sutter, Colusa, Yuba, Glenn, Butte, Tehama, And Shasta Counties)
[04/11/08]
A Report on the Safety of Consuming Fish and Shellfish from Areas Impacted by the M/V Cosco Busan Oil Spill in San Francisco Bay, California
[updated 03/13/08]
Update on OEHHA Evaluation of Fish Impacted by SF Bay Oil Spill and Interim Advisory
[11/21/07]
Balancing the Scales II: Incorporating Fish Consumption Benefits into the Fish Advisory
Slides from a presentation given November, 2007.
[11/14/07]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period
Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish and Shellfish from the San Joaquin River and South Delta (Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, and Fresno Counties)
[03/09/07]
Evaluation of Bioaccumulation Factors and Translators for Methylmercury
[02/09/07]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period
Health Advisory: Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from Lake Sonoma (Sonoma County) and Lake Mendocino (Mendocino County)
[08/17/06]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period
Health Advisory: Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from The Lower Feather River (Butte, Yuba And Sutter Counties)
[08/11/06]
Health advisory: Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from the Lower Cosumnes and Lower Mokelumne Rivers (Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties)
[04/28/06]
General Protocol for Sport Fish Sampling and Analysis - This report was modified on 12/14/2006 to correct a typographical error on page 4 that created potential confusion regarding the size of fish in composite samples and the “75 percent rule.”
[04/24/06]
Announcement of Draft Report and Comment Period: Development of Guidance Tissue Levels and Screening Values for Common Contaminants in California Sport Fish: Chlordane, DDTs, Dieldrin, Methylmercury, PCBs, Selenium, and Toxaphene
[03/03/06]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period
Draft Health Advisory; Consumption Guidelines for Fish and Shellfish from Lake Berryessa and Putah Creek (Napa, Yolo, and Solano Counties)
[02/17/06]
Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from Trinity Lake, Lewiston Lake, Carrville Pond, the Trinity River Upstream from Trinity Lake and the East Fork Trinity River (Trinity County)
[10/06/05]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period, Health Advisory: Fish Consumption Guidelines for Trinity Lake and Selected Water Bodies in The Trinity River Watershed (Trinity County)
[04/08/05]
Health Advisory: Fish Consumption Guidelines for Clear Lake, Cache Creek, and Bear Creek (Lake, Yolo, and Colusa Counties)
[01/20/05]
Chemicals in Fish from 10 Bay Area Reservoirs
(Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and Santa Clara Counties) Interim County Health Advisories
[10/13/04]
Announcement of Final Report: Health Advisory - Guidelines for Consumption of Fish and Shellfish from Tomales Bay (Marin County)
[10/06/04]
Announcement of Final Report and Health Advisory:
Fish Consumption Guidelines for Lake Natoma and the Lower American River (Sacramento County)
[09/02/04]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period: Health Advisory: Guidelines for Consumption of Fish and Shellfish from Clear Lake, Cache Creek, and Bear Creek (Lake, Yolo, and Colusa Counties)
[05/11/04]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period: Health Advisory - Guidelines for Consumption of Fish and Shellfish from Tomales Bay (Marin County)
[05/06/04]
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop and Public Comment Period: Health Advisory - Fish Consumption Guidelines for Lake Natoma and the Lower American River (Sacramento County)
[04/29/04]
Announcement of Final Report
Evaluation of Potential Health Effects of Eating Fish from Selected Water Bodies in the Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills (Nevada, Placer and Yuba Counties): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption - Final Report
[12/12/03]
Announcement of Final Report
Evaluation of Potential Health Effects of Eating Fish from Black Butte Reservoir (Glenn and Tehama Counties): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption
[12/05/03]
Announcement of Second Public Comment Period
Second Draft of Report Evaluation of Potential Health Effects of Eating Fish from Black Butte Reservoir (Glenn and Tehama Counties): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption
[10/03/03]
Announcement of Second Public Comment Period
Second Draft of Report Evaluation of Potential Health Effects of Eating Fish from Selected Water Bodies in the Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills (Nevada, Placer and Yuba Counties): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption
[10/03/03]
Notice to Interested Parties
Announcement of Public Workshop and Public Comment Period - Public Workshop: Discussion of Draft Report Evaluation of Potential Health Effects of Eating Fish from Selected Water Bodies in the Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills (Nevada, Placer, and Yuba Counties): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption
[01/24/03]
Announcement of Document Availability
Publishing of the Final Report Chemicals in Fish: Consumption of Fish and Shellfish in California and the United States
[11/09/01]
Announcement of Final Report
Methylmercury in Fish from Lake Pillsbury (Lake County): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption
[09/22/00]
Notice to Interested Parties
Notice of Public Meeting and Notice of Document Availability. Discussion of DRAFT Report
Evaluation of Potential Health Effects of Eating Fish
from Black Butte Reservoir (Glenn and Tehama Counties): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption
[03/30/00]
Prevalence of Selected Target Chemical Contaminants in Sport Fish From Two California Lakes: Public Health Designated Screening Study
[02/14/00]
San Pablo Reservoir (Contra Costa County):
Interim Health Advisory About Eating Fish Caught In San Pablo Reservoir
[02/00]
Announcement of Revised Draft Report
Methylmercury in Fish from Lake Pillsbury (Lake County): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption
[01/04/00]
Discussion Of Draft Report
Methylmercury In Fish From Lake Pillsbury (Lake County): Guidelines For Sport Fish Consumption
[10/01/99]
Angler Survey
Analysis of Sign Effectiveness and Angler Awareness of San Francisco Bay Fish Consumption Advisory
[04/14/99]
September 19, 1997, Announcement of Public Workshop and Public Comment Period for the Draft Report Chemicals in Fish Report No. 1: Consumption of Fish and Shellfish in California and the United States
[09/19/97]
