Because of elevated levels of mercury, PCB’s, and other chemicals, the following interim advisory has been issued. Detailed information can be found at http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish

Adults should eat no more than two meals per month of San Francisco Bay sport fish, including sturgeon and striped bass caught in the delta. (One meal for a 150 pound adult is about 8 ounces).

Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and children under age six should not eat more than one meal of fish per month. In addition, they should not eat any striped bass over 27 inches or any shark over 24 inches.

This advisory does not apply to salmon, anchovies, herring, and smelt caught in the bay, other sport fish caught in the delta or ocean; or commercial fish.

Richmond Harbor Channel area: In addition to the above advice, no one should eat any croakers, surfperches, bullheads, gobies or shellfish taken within the Richmond Harbor Channel Area because of high levels of chemical detected there.