-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.


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More information at:
Texas Department of State Health Services

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/seafood/survey.shtm#advisory


To inform the public of possible contamination of fish and shellfish caught by recreational fishermen in the state, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) issues news releases regarding fish consumption advisories and fish consumption bans. Eating fish from an area with a consumption advisory is not illegal, but people should not eat more fish than the amount listed in the advisory. In instances where a serious or imminent threat to public health exists, the DSHS may prohibit the taking of fish and shellfish from an area. Taking fish from a closed area where a fish consumption ban is in effect is a violation of state law, enforced by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Your text in red is a bit frightening. Not sure where you found that.

According to the 2008 DSHS report (page 26), while an advisory does exist for trout and catfish in the bay,

I see what happened. Your formatting and red coloring continued a bit too far into the next area's advisory.

You might want to fix that as it might scare someone else, as it did me. Not trying to nit-pick a post, a quick glance had me genuinely worried!

Thank you for the post, I had no idea about the trout advisory. I'm sure most people here knew about this, but as I am new to the salt, I did not. From my limited time around the bay, people don't seem to really be paying attention to this.

On a related note, who in the world eats 8oz. of fish? Why bother?

This ban has been around for some years now. Nothing new too me.

We're heading to Galveston for Labor Day weekend, so is it safe to eat the fish we catch (assuming we do catch some)or not?

fish do swim right so they might be here in trinity bay to day and in sadine pass,sargents,rock port or give they a week and they may be in florida or vice verce.for florida to here who knows.just so stop eating fish.

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We all going to die some day I've been eating fish from around these waters my whole life I think this is one of these scare tactics like sweet n low giving mice cancer just mt two cents. I love fish and its suposed to be good for you not leathal!

How bout that oil spill recently in Houston ship channel..yucko!