Fish Advisory

Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County is a grantee of the Hudson River Fish Advisory Outreach Project and aims to:

• make people aware of the Hudson River fish advisories,
• help people understand the advisory messages, and
• encourage people to follow the advisories.

The Hudson River Fish Advisory Outreach Project is a multi-year initiative of the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). The goal of the Project is for all anglers and others who eat fish from the Hudson River to know about and follow the New York State fish advisories.

Please Note:
Fish are nutritious and good to eat, but some fish have levels of chemicals that may be harmful to your health.

The NYSDOH provides health advice for eating sportfish from New York State water bodies, including the Hudson River. The advice is a guide to how much fish is okay to eat, if any, and how to clean and cook fish to keep chemicals low.

Women of childbearing age and children under 15 are advised to not eat any fish from the Hudson River south of the Corinth Dam.

Contact CCEDC for more information on local fish advisories by calling 845-677-8223

Why an advisory?

Long-lasting contaminants, such as PCBs, DDT, and mercury, build up in your body over time. It may take months or years of regularly eating contaminated fish to build up amounts which are a health concern. Health problems which may result from the contaminants found in fish range from small changes in health that are hard to detect to birth defects and cancer. Mothers who eat highly contaminated fish and wildlife for many years before becoming pregnant may have children who are slower to develop and learn. The meal advice in this advisory aims to protect children from these potential developmental problems. Adults are less likely to have health problems at the low levels that affect children.

Hudson River & Tributaries Region

Women under 50 years and children under 15 years.

Don't eat any fish from the waters listed below.

All others

Should follow the advice listed below.

*NYS DOH strongly recommends to not eat the soft "green stuff" (mustard, tomalley, liver or hepatopancreas) found in the body section of crabs and lobsters from any waters because cadmium, PCBs and other contaminants concentrate there. As contaminants are transferred to cooking liquid, you should also discard crab or lobster cooking liquid.

Note: The specific advisories for the waters listed above also apply to tributaries and connected waters if there are no barriers to stop the fish from crossing, such as dams or falls.

Note: NYS DEC regulations prohibit:

• The harvest/possession of American eel for food
• Taking American shad from the Hudson, East and Harlem Rivers and New York State marine waters

 For more information click the link below:

Lower Hudson Fish

Trim Diagram

To learn more visit…

http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/fish/fish.htm

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7736.html

HV Fish Advosry Steering Committee Meeting Minutes:

HV Fish Advisory Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

HV Fish Advisory Quarterly Reports:

HV Fish Advisory Quarterly Reports