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Texas_Fish_Consumption_Advisory_Viewer___2023 (FeatureServer)

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Service Description: This map provides water body-specific health advisory information for fish from Texas waters.

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Max Record Count: 2000

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About Health Advisories
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Seafood and Aquatic Life Group is responsible for monitoring and evaluating contaminant levels in fish from Texas waters. For the past 37 years, DSHS has been issuing health advisories to inform consumers about potential health hazards associated with consumption of contaminated fish.
Questions About Eating Safe Fish?
If you have questions about choosing safer fish to eat or would like to see the data and/or reports to support these health advisories, please contact the Seafood and Aquatic Life Group at 512-834-6757 or seafood.regulatory@dshs.texas.gov or 
www.dshs.texas.gov/seafood
Prohibited Waters
Health Advisories for Texas Waters
Understanding the Health Advisory Guidelines
The guidelines are provided for two groups of people:
  1. Women of childbearing age (under 50) and children under 12
    • Babies
    • Children under 12
    • Women who are pregnant
    • Women who are nursing
    • Women who plan to become pregnant
  2. Women past childbearing age (over 50) and males 12 and older
Meal or Serving Size
  1. Women under 50 and children under 12
    • One meal of fish = 4 ounces of fish
  2. Women over 50 and males 12 and older
    • One meal of fish = 8 ounces of fish
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Copyright Text: Texas Department of State Health Services Consumer Protection Division Seafood and Aquatic Life Group

Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)

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