The New York State Department of Health (DOH) issues advisories
on eating sportfish and game because some of these foods contain chemicals at levels that may be harmful to health. The advisories
tell people which fish and game to avoid and how to reduce their exposures to contaminants in the fish and game that they do eat. These
advisories are for sportfish and game that people take and are not for fish and game sold in markets. The health advisories are (1) general
advice on sportfish taken from waters in New York State; (2) advice on sportfish caught in specific New York State waterbodies; and (3)
advice on eating New York State game.
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Health Advisories for Chemicals in Sportfish and Game
The DOH has specific and general advisories for the Hudson River Estuary, the Upper Bay of New York Harbor, Arthur Kill, Kill Van Kull, Newark
Bay, Raritan Bay west of Wolfe's Pond Park and the East and Harlem Rivers.
DOH also issues specific advisories for the New York waters of Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, Peconic/Gardiners Bays, the Lower
Bay of New York Harbor, Raritan Bay east of Wolfe's Pond Park, Jamaica Bay and other Long Island south shore waters. Complete advisory
listings and maps can be found in:
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