For an adult
1 serving = 4 ounces
Eat 2 to 3 servings a week from the "Best Choices" list (OR 1 serving from the "Good Choices" list).

For children, a serving is 1 ounce at age 2 and increases with age to 4 ounces by age 11.

If you eat fish caught by family or friends, check for fish advisories. If there is no advisory, eat only one serving and no other fish that week.*

This advice supports the recommendations of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, developed for people 2 years and older, which reflects current science on nutrition to improve public health. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans focuses on dietary patterns and the effects of food and nutrient characteristics on health. For advice about feeding children under 2 years of age, you can consult the American Academy of Pediatrics.

‡ THIS ADVICE REFERS TO FISH AND SHELLFISH COLLECTIVELY AS "FISH" / ADVICE REVISED JULY 2019

* Some fish caught by family and friends, such as larger carp, catfish, trout and perch, are more likely to have fish advisories due to mercury or other contaminants. State advisories will tell you how often you can safely eat those fish.

Resources & Supporting Scientific Documents

• Questions & Answers
• Technical Information on Development of Final Updated Advice About Eating Fish
• FDA and EPA’s Response to External Peer Review on the FDA-EPA’s Technical Information (PDF - 124KB)
• External Peer Review Report of FDA-EPA’s Technical Information (PDF - 507KB)
• Related Risk Assessment
• Peer Review of the Risk Assessment
• Social Media Toolkit: FDA/EPA Advice About Eating Fish
• Photonovels for Hispanic American and Chinese American Families

Translations

PDFs of the advice are available in the following languages:

Arabic,  عربي

French, Français

Hmong, Hmoob

Khmer, ខ្មែរ

Korean, 한국어

Portuguese, Portugues

Simplified Chinese, 简体中文

Spanish, Español

Tagalog

Vietnamese, Tiếng Việt

The table portion of the advice is available in Spanish (Español) below.

*Algunos pescados capturados por familiares y amigos, como la carpa grande, el pez gato, la trucha y la perca, es más probable que tengan recomendaciones de consumo debido al mercurio u otros contaminantes. Las recomendaciones estatales le dirán con qué frecuencia puede comer esos pescados en forma segura.

Text Version (English and en Español)

*Algunos pescados capturados por familiares y amigos, como la carpa grande, el pez gato, la trucha y la perca, es más probable que tengan recomendaciones de consumo debido al mercurio u otros contaminantes. Las recomendaciones estatales le dirán con qué frecuencia puede comer esos pescados en forma segura.