What is a Eat Fish, Choose Wisely serving of fish? ❖ Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, women who may become pregnant, and children To find out, use the Use this chart! 11 years and older: Eat 2 to 3 servings of fish a week from the “Best Choices” list OR 1 serving a palm of your hand. You can use this chart to week from the “Good Choices” list. The serving size for adults and children 11 years and older is 4 ounces. help you choose which fish to eat, and how often ❖ Infants and children 6 months to 10 years: Eat 1 to 2 servings of fish a week from the “Best Choices” list. Serving to eat them. The “Best size based on age: Choices” have the lowest Ages 6 months to 3 years: 1 ounce Ages 4 to 7 years: 2 ounces Ages 8 to 10 years: 3 ounces levels of mercury. ❖ If you eat fish caught by family or friends, check for local or state fish advisories. Adults and children 11 In Florida, some of the fish advisories say do not eat OR eat no more than once per month the following fish: Black years and older: Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Crevalle Jack, Great Barracuda, and Largemouth Bass. 4 ounces Best Choices Good Choices Lowest in Mercury OR Moderate in Mercury Adults and children 11 years and older: Eat 2 to 3 servings a week Adults and children 11 years and older: Do not eat these fish! Infants and children 6 months to 10 years: Eat 1 to 2 servings a week Eat 1 serving a week Highest in Mercury Bluefish Cobia Best Choices that are Black Sea Bass Scallop Buffalofish King Mackerel Highest in Healthy Fats Butterfish Shrimp Carp Little Tunny Anchovies Catfish Skate Chilean Sea Bass/Pantagonian Marlin Herring Clam Smelt Toothfish Orange Roughy Mackerel - Atlantic, Cod Sole Croaker - White and Pacific Shark Pacific Chub, and Jack Crab Squid Grouper Swordfish Rainbow Trout - Farm Crawfish Tilapia Halibut Tilefish - Gulf of Mexico Raised Croaker - Atlantic Trout - Freshwater Mahi Mahi/Dolphinfish Tuna - Bigeye and Blackfin Salmon Flounder Tuna - canned Light Monkfish Sardines Haddock and Skipjack Pompano - Florida Shad Hake Whiting Rockfish Mercury can pass through the Whitefish Lobster - American and Sablefish placenta or breast milk and harm Spiny Sheepshead your baby. Too much mercury Mullet Snapper can also harm infants and young Oysters (cooked) Spanish Mackerel children. Perch - Freshwater and Striped Bass - Ocean Ocean Tilefish - Atlantic Ocean Plaice Tuna - Albacore and White, canned Pollock and fresh/frozen Eat a variety of fish. Florida Department of Health Weakfish/Seatrout WIC Program FloridaWIC.org HealthiestWeightFL.com Caution: If you are pregnant, do not eat raw oysters, raw fish such as sushi, or refrigerated smoked fish. Do not feed raw fish or fish with bones to infants or children. Do not eat Puffer Fish. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. 7/2018