At Least on the Chesapeake, We Can Eat the Striped Bass We Catch
 

The San Fran Do Eat and Don't Eat notice on the piers.......


http://www.cbangler.com/attachment.p...1&d=1391101647

I've fish for Stripers in SF Bay. In the early 70's.

Light tackle, Cast and hit the navy moth ball hull. Let the lure bounce off and fall into the water. Bam...big Striper. I didn't keep any because I was there on business. Back then, they were plentiful.

What I remember most was, the stinking cooked dungeness crab, at Fisherman's Wharf.

Not so sure Rockfish in our bay are much better.

DNR has put out advisory on how much Rockfish is considered safe to eat per month.




Striped Bass Advisories (meals per month)
2007 2011
MD's Chesapeake Bay
Greater than or equal to 28"
General Population (8oz. meal) 0.75 1
Women (8oz. meal) 0.5 1
Children (3oz. meal) 0 0.5
MD's Chesapeake Bay
Less than 28"
General Population (8oz. meal) 2 3
Women (8oz. meal) 1.5 3
Children (3oz. meal) 1.3 2
Maryland Atlantic coastal waters
General Population (8oz. meal) 1 1
Women (8oz. meal) 0 1
Children (3oz. meal) 0 0.5





With most fish - bigger / older they are - more toxin they can carry.

SF bay has more mercury than most places because it was used heavily in gold mining there in the 1800s. It continues to be washed into the bay.

I wonder when they'll start issuing radiation warnings on the west coast, if they haven't already.

I met with a client who fishes as often as many on this forum do. He said they have all kinds of time of year, size limits, creel limits and slot limits much like we do, but at different times than us.

And he won't keep ANY of the larger fish.

Spending time there was a bit of an eye opener. When we hear of California emissions standards, plastic bag bans, bag taxes, etc, we think they're bat**** crazy.

Being there makes you understand how those things came to be.

Oh, and parts of CA are in the middle of the worst drought in decades. I'm sure that will hurt their freshwater fishing.

"Canned tuna, Americans’ favorite fish, is the most common source of mercury in our diet. White (albacore) tuna usually contains far more mercury than light tuna."

"you may eat up to 6 ounces (one average meal) of albacore tuna per week."