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It is about time this issue get a hearing and some action at the state level.
For commercial sale, I'm not sure this is that big an issue since consumers buy single meals from any given fish (i.e., if you buy striped bass to eat 10x a year you are exposed to the average toxin level from 10 different fish). Provided average toxin levels are reasonable (as they seem to be) the risks are small.
The real issue is for recreational fishermen. If you keep a large fish and eat repeated meals from it you can get a serious toxin exposure if that single fish happens to be high in toxin levels. This is particularly dangerous to your kids.
This is not an insignificant issue. I know of two recreational fishermen in my town alone who had significant neurological problems related to mercury poisoning they acquired by eating seafood (although I believe repeated meals from tuna not bass was the likely culprit).
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