Buying Fish? Check the Mercury Levels with this Chart!

                                         Buying Fish? Check the Mercury Levels with this Chart!

Fish with the Highest Levels of Mercury

    King Mackerel
    Swordfish
    Tilefish
    Shark

Fish and Seafood with Mid-Range Mercury Levels
    Tuna (all varieties except skipjack)
    Orange Roughy
    Marlin
    Grouper
    Spanish Mackerel
    Chilean Seabass
    Bluefish
    Lobster
    Weakfish (sea trout)
    Halibut
    Sablefish
    Striped Bass or Rockfish

Fish and Seafood with Low Mercury Levels

    Snapper
    Monkfish
    Carp
    Freshwater perch
    skate
    Canned light tuna (skipjack)
    Spiny lobster
    Jacksmelt
    Boston or Chub Mackerel
    Croaker
    Trout
    Squid
    Whitefish
    American shad
    Crab
    Scallop
 
Fish and Seafood with Very Low Mercury Levels
Catfish
Mullet
Flounder, fluke, plaice, sand dabs
Herring
Anchovies
Pollock
Crayfish
Haddock
Sardine
Hake
Salmon
Oyster
Tilapia