Which fish are safe to eat regularly? | Food Production & Health (2024)

Dr. Michael Roizen, MD

Internal Medicine

Follow these recommendations for how often you can eat fish:

• Bass, freshwater -- as often as you like
• Bass, saltwater -- once a week at most
• Bluefish -- once a week at most
• Catfish -- as often as you like
• Clams -- once a week at most
• Cod, Atlantic -- once a week at most
• Crab, blue -- once a week at most
• Crab, Dungeness -- once a week at most
• Crab, king -- once a week at most
• Crab, tanner -- once a week at most
• Croaker -- once a week at most
• Flounder/sole -- once a week at most
• Grouper -- once a week at most
• Haddock, Atlantic -- once a week at most
• Halibut -- once a week at most
• Herring -- as often as you like
• Lobster, Northern Atlantic or canned, American -- once a week at most
• Lobster, spiny, canned -- once a week at most
• Mackerel, king -- avoid
• Mahi-mahi -- twice a week at most
• Marlin -- avoid
• Moonfish -- once a week at most
• Orange roughy -- avoid
• Oyster -- once a week at most
• Perch, freshwater -- once a week at most
• Perch, ocean -- once a week at most
• Perch, saltwater -- once a week at most
• Pollock -- once a week at most
• Red snapper -- once a week at most
• Sablefish -- once a week at most
• Salmon, Atlantic or Alaskan, line-caught -- as often as you like
• Salmon, farm-raised -- choose line-caught, if possible; once a week at most
• Scallop -- once a week at most
• Shark -- avoid
• Shrimp -- once a week at most
• Sole/flounder -- twice a week at most
• Swordfish -- avoid
• Tilapia -- as often as you like
• Tilefish -- avoid
• Trout, freshwater -- avoid
• Trout, saltwater -- once a week at most
• Tuna, canned -- once a week at most
• Tuna, fresh or frozen -- once a week at most
• Whitefish -- as often as you like

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