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Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from The Lower Feather River (Butte, Yuba And Sutter Counties)
[08/11/06, updated 03/18/09]

 

Safe Eating Guidelines
for the Lower Feather River

Women 18 – 45 and Children 1 – 17 Years

American Shad	Carp Suckerfish Redear or other sunfish	Black Bass Catfish Pikeminnow Striped Bass
4 Servings a week	1 Serving a week	Do not eat

 

Men over 17 Years and Women over 45 years

American Shad	Carp Suckerfish Redear or other sunfish	Black Bass Catfish Pikeminnow Striped Bass
7 Servings a week	2-3 Servings a week	1 Serving a week

This advisory was updated in March 2009.

 

Follow this link to Draft Lower Feather River Advisory as a pdf file.

Note: The draft report issued in 2006 contains information and historical data used to develop the 2006 advisory for the Lower Feather River. Be sure to use the UPDATED Safe Eating Guidelines for the Lower Feather River presented on this page (above).

Follow this link to download a copy of the draft fact sheet in color as a pdf file.

The 2006 Safe Eating Guidelines were removed from the fact sheet. Be sure to follow the UPDATED safe eating guidelines for the Lower Feather River shown above.