Highest Mercury
AVOID Eating
- Marlin
- Orange roughy
- Tilefish
- Swordfish
- Shark
- Mackerel (king)
- Tuna ( bigeye, Ahi)
High Mercury
Eat no more than three 6-oz servings per month
- Sea Bass (Chilean)
- Bluefish
- Grouper
- Mackeral ( Spanish, Gulf)
- Tuna (canned, white albacore) See tuna chart below
- Tuna ( Yellowfin)
Lower Mercury
Eat no more than six 6-oz servings per month
- Bass ( Striped, Black)
- Carp
- Cod ( Alaskan)
- Croaker ( White Pacific)
- Halibut ( Pacific and Atlantic) Jacksmelt ( Silverside)
- Lobster
- Mahi Mahi
- Monkfish
- Perch (freshwater)
- Sablefish
- Skate
- Snapper
- Sea Trout ( Weakfish)
- Tuna (canned, chunk light)
- Tuna (Skipjack)
Lowest Mercury
Enjoy two 6-oz servings per week
- Anchovies
- Butterfish
- Catfish
- Clam
- Crab (Domestic)
- Crawfish/crayfish
- Croaker
- Flounder
- Haddock
- Hake
- Herring
- Mackeral (N Atlantic, Chub)
- Mullet
- Oysters
- Perch (ocean)
- Plaice
- Salmon ( Canned, Fresh)
- Sardines
- Scallops
- Shad ( American)
- Shrimp
- Sole
- Squid ( Calamari)
- Tilapia
- Trout (freshwater)
- Whitefish
- Whiting
Chart obtained from the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC); data obtained by the FDA and the EPA.
