Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

FISH

Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from Trinity Lake and the East Fork Trinity River (Trinity County)
[10/06/05, updated 03/18/09]

 

Safe Eating Guidelines
for Fish from Trinity Lake and the East Fork Trinity River

 

Women 18 – 45 and Children 1 – 17 Years


Bluegil or Sunfish

Rainbow and Brown Trouthigh in omega 3

Channel catfish

White catfish

None

 

Largemouth bass
Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass

2 Servings a week

1 Serving a week

Do not eat

 

Men over 17 Years and Women over 45 years


Bluegil or Sunfish

Rainbow and Brown Trouthigh in omega 3

Channel catfish

White catfish

 

None

 

Largemouth bass
Largemouth &
Smallmouth Bass

5 Servings a week

2 Servings a week

1 Serving a week


This advisory updated March 2009.

Note: In the updated advisories, OEHHA issued separate safe eating guidelines for Lewiston Lake, Carrville Pond, and the Trinity River upstream of Trinity Lake. Previously, these three water bodies were included with the advisory for Trinity Lake.

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