Healthy Advice for Eating the Fish You Catch

Fishing Safely This Season
Response to COVID-19: A Message from the DEC to Fishing Charters, Guides and Anglers

Do You Fish?!

Fishing is a fun, relaxing, low impact sport that puts healthy food on your dinner table! It’s time to order fish advisory publications for the fishing season to ensure you are fishing in the highest quality waters and bringing home the safest fish possible.

Safe fishing waters: www.health.ny.gov/fish/maps.htm

FDA brochure concerning mercury levels in supermarket fish:
https://www.fda.gov/food/Resourcesforyou/Consumers/ucm393070.htm

All publications can be viewed or downloaded from our website at https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/fish/health_advisories/

You can also download and complete the order form online at
https://www.health.ny.gov/forms/order_forms/fish_order_form.pdf

Place your order in one of three ways:

1. Mail the order form to

NYS Department of Health
Outreach and Education Group, CEH
Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower, Room 1642
Albany, NY 12237

2. Fax the order form to (518) 402-7539

3. Email the order form to Ceheduc@health.ny.gov

Last updated April 1, 2020