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The Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) monitors fish in the state for the presence of environmental contaminants and alerts the public through bans and advisories when a threat to human health may occur from the consumption of contaminated fish.
The Texas Fish Consumption Advisory Viewer is an interactive map. It helps you to identify health advisory information for fish in Texas bodies of water. Please see the step-by-step instructions below for help with the Texas Fish Consumption Advisory Viewer.
We test fish from Texas public waters to determine if they are safe to eat. The list shows waters that we surveyed from 1993 to present without contaminants at concentrations of public health concern.
The Seafood and Aquatic Life Group is to protect the consumer of oysters, clams, mussels and scallops and crab meat from disease or other health hazards transmissible by these products produced in or imported into Texas.
7 kwi 2023 · Advisories. Persons should not consume common carp, freshwater drum, or smallmouth buffalo from this lake. For channel catfish and white bass, adults are advised to limit consumption to one...
There isn’t a guaranteed way to know whether a barracuda is safe to eat as they can carry a toxin called ciguatera, more common in larger, older fish. However, some considerations can increase safety. Firstly, avoid eating barracuda in regions known for ciguatera, like the Caribbean or South Pacific.
1 sie 2014 · Even when a barracuda has eaten its fill, no fish is safe. Great barracudas have been observed herding schools of fish into shallow water. They will guard their livestock until their last meal has been digested and they're hungry again.
