Safe Eating Guidelines for Waters A-H
California
Freshwater Fishing
| SERVINGS PER WEEK | ||
| Species | Women ages 18-45 and children 1-17 years | Women 46 years and older and men 18 years and older |
| Alamo River (Imperial County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury DDTs, PCBs, or Selenium | ||
| Channel catfish | 2 | 3 |
| Carp or tilapia | 3 | 3 |
| American River, Lower (Sacramento County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury or PCBs | ||
| Black bass or pikeminnow or | 0 | 1 |
| Striped bass or | 0 | 2 |
| Sucker, white catfish, or redear or other sunfish or | 1 | 2 |
| Chinook king salmon or steelhead trout* or | 2 | 7 |
| American shad | 3 | 7 |
| Anderson Reservoir (Santa Clara County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury or PCBs | ||
| Black bass or | 0 | 1 |
| Carp or crappie | 1 | 2 |
| Bear Creek (Colusa County) | ||
| Because of elevated levels of mercury, no one should eat any fish or shellfish from Bear Creek | ||
| Black Butte Reservoir (Glenn and Tehama Counties) | ||
| Advice based on mercury | ||
| Black bass or channel catfish | 0 | 1 |
| Bon Tempe Reservoir (Marin County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury | ||
| Black bass | 0 | 1 |
| Cache Creek (Lake, Yolo, and Colusa Counties) | ||
| Advice based on mercury | ||
| Crappie, black bass, pikeminnow | 0 | 1 |
| Bluegill or other sunfish, carp, catfish, hardhead, or sucker or | 1 | 2 |
| Mosquitofish | 2 | 7 |
| Camanche Reservoir (Amador, Calaveras, and San Joaquin Counties) | ||
| Advice based on mercury | ||
| Black bass | 0 | 1 |
| Catfish, carp, or hardhead | 1 | 2 |
| Sunfish | 1 | 3 |
| Camp Far West (Yuba, Nevada and Placer Counties) | ||
| Advice based on mercury | ||
| Black bass or catfish or | 0 | 1 |
| Bluegill or other sunfish | 1 | 3 |
| Clear Lake (Lake County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury | ||
| Black bass or | 0 | 1 |
| Blackfish, bluegill or other sunfish, bullhead, carp, catfish, crappie, crayfish, hitch, mosquitofish, or prickly sculpin or | 1 | 3 |
| Inland silverside or threadfin shad or | 3 | 7 |
| Clams or mussels | 7 | 7 |
| Cosumnes River, Lower, and Nearby Creeks And Sloughs (Sacramento County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury PCBs | ||
| Crappie | 0 | 0 |
| Black bass, catfish, or white sturgeon or | 0 | 1 |
| Striped bass or | 0 | 2 |
| Carp, crayfish, redear or other sunfish, or sucker or | 1 | 2 |
| Chinook king salmon or steelhead trout* or | 2 | 7 |
| American shad or | 3 | 7 |
| Clams | 7 | 7 |
| Del Valle Reservoir (Alameda County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury or PCBs | ||
| Black bass or | 0 | 1 |
| Channel catfish or | 1 | 2 |
| Bluegill or other sunfish | 1 | 3 |
| Delta, Central and South including the San Joaquin River from the Port of Stockton to Pittsburg and all other water bodies south of Highway 12 (except the Sacramento River) | ||
| Advice based on mercury or PCBs | ||
| White sturgeon or | 0 | 1 |
| Striped bass or | 0 | 2 |
| Black bass or sucker or | 1 | 2 |
| Carp or crappie or | 1 | 2 |
| Catfish or | 2 | 5 |
| Crayfish or | 2 | 5 |
| Bluegill or other sunfish, Chinook king salmon, or steelhead trout* or | 2 | 7 |
| American shad or | 2 | 7 |
| Clams | 7 | 7 |
| Donner Lake (Nevada County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury or PCBs | ||
| Brown trout or lake trout or | 1 | 1 |
| Kokanee or | 2 | 2 |
| Rainbow trout | 4 | 7 |
| East Park Reservoir (Colusa County) | ||
| Advice based on mercury | ||
| Black bass or | 1 | 2 |
| Channel catfish, carp, or goldfish or | 1 | 3 |
| Bluegill or other sunfish | 3 | 7 |
| Englebright Lake (Yuba and Nevada County) | ||
| AdviCe based on mercury | ||
| Black bass or | 0 | 1 |
| Bluegill or other sunfish or | 1 | 2 |
| Trout | 2 | 7 |
| Feather River, Lower (Butte, Yuba and Sutter Counties) | ||
| AdviCe based on mercury or PCBs | ||
| Black bass, catfish, pikeminnow, or white sturgeon or | 0 | 1 |
| Striped bass or | 0 | 2 |
| Carp, hardhead, or sucker or | 1 | 2 |
| Redear or other sunfish or | 1 | 3 |
| Chinook king salmon or steelhead trout* or | 2 | 7 |
| American shad | 3 | 7 |
| Feather River, Upper (Butte and Plumas Counties) | ||
| AdviCe based on mercury | ||
| Pikeminnow or | 0 | 1 |
| Black bass or | 1 | 2 |
| Rainbow, brook, or brown trout | 3 | 7 |
| Folsom Lake (Sacramento County) | ||
| AdviCe based on mercury | ||
| Catfish, black bass, Chinook (king) salmon, or trout over 16 inches or | 0 | 1 |
| Trout 16 inches or less or bluegill or other sunfish | 2 | 5 |
| French Meadows Reservoir (Placer County) | ||
| AdviCe based on mercury | ||
| Brown trout or | 1 | 3 |
| Crayfish species or | 2 | 7 |
| Rainbow trout | 3 | 7 |
| Grasslands (Merced County) | ||
| Follow the advice for the San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the Port of Stockton. | ||
| Guadalupe Reservoir, Calero Reservoir, Almaden Reservoir, Guadalupe River, Guadalupe Creek, Alamitos Creek, and the Associated Percolation Ponds Along the River and Creeks (Santa Clara County) | ||
| Because of elevated levels of mercury, no one should eat any fish or shellfish from these water bodies. | ||