I planned on taking a trip down to the coast to do some fishing/catching blue crabs, but this has got me thinking twice. How is this effecting the regulars/local?

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/fish/consumption_bans/

Houston/Galveston Area
Lake Isabell in Harris County
Chemical of Concern: Mercury

Adults should limit consumption of largemouth bass to no more than two 8-ounce servings per month.
Children under 12 years old should limit consumption to no more than two 4-ounce servings per month.
Women who are nursing, pregnant or who may become pregnant should not consume largemouth bass from Lake Isabell.
Clear Creek in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston and Harris counties
Chemical of Concern: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Persons should not consume any species of fish from these waters.
Galveston Bay including Chocolate Bay, East Bay, West Bay, Trinity Bay and contiguous waters
Chemicals of Concern: Dioxin and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

For all catfish species and spotted seatrout, adults should limit consumption to no more than one, 8-ounce meal per month.
Women who are nursing, pregnant, or who may become pregnant and children should not consume catfish or spotted seatrout from these waters.
Houston Ship Channel upstream of the Lynchburg Ferry crossing and all contiguous water including the San Jacinto River below U.S. Highway 90 bridge
Chemicals of Concern: Dioxin, Organochlorine pesticides, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

For all species of fish and blue crabs, adults should limit consumption to no more than one, 8-ounce meal per month.
Women of child-bearing age and children under 12 should not consume any fish or blue crabs from this area.
Houston Ship Channel downstream of the Lynchburg Ferry crossing and all contiguous waters including Upper Galveston Bay north of a line drawn from Red Bluff Point to Five Mile cut Marker to Houston Point
Chemicals of Concern: Dioxin and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

For spotted seatrout, blue crabs and all catfish species, adults should limit consumption to no more than one, 8-ounce meal per month.
Children under 12 and women of childbearing age should not consume spotted seatrout, blue crabs, or any catfish species from this area.

To answer your question, you're the first I've seen ask about it... It sure doesn't look like it's slowed down fishing at all...

This is listed under

"Fish Consumption Advisories

TDSHS recommends limiting consumption of certain fish in these areas as indicated below. For area maps and details on these advisories, see the TDSHS Listing of Waterbodies with Advisories."

There is no Ban of eating these fish. If you read the entire list, it basically is a warning that fish everywhere are contaminated, eat at your risk.

If you go to this web sight http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/seafood/Survey.shtm#advisory, you can download a map of affected areas. The only place it says you can not eat the fish is the San Jacinto river and the Bayou. Keep in mind too this advisory is based on 2008 data, not that I think its any better now.

Makes ya think twice about eating too much fish but then again it would seem that every thing we eat or drink is either known to cause cancer in the state of California or is believed to be linked to some sort of disease or disorder or potentially hazardous outcome later in life.... Whats a man to do but do what he does... FISH!!! LOL... Maybe its just me.....

Well...My body is a temple ...I can't imagine putting anything in it that could possibly have any deleterious effects on it.

.............................heh......heh.....right.

That said - I don't think I need to fish in the Galveston Bay Complex. Too many other places with no warnings to fish.

The thing is, if you read the report, not all bodies of water have been tested. So really, you never know.

Well, that settles my Galveston trip this summer. I'll just go back to Lake Charles. I usually catch more there anyway. I just wanted something different. No sense in fishing if I cant eat 'em. Waste of time and money...and it annoys the fish too.

Oh yeah Lake Charles...now there's a chemical free zone if there ever was...

Plus, those Lake Charles fish are easy to see, because they glow.

i eat fish from the galveston bay complex all the time.i have for the last ten years.i have never had any problems at all.the fish are safe to eat.

Poor FishOnDon... LOL!

I have too but the last time I was there was back in 2005.

"I eat fish from the galveston bay complex all the time.i have for the last ten years.i have never had any problems at all.the fish are safe to eat."

But your wife/girlfriend has been complaining that you glow in the dark and keep her up at night.