Buying Fish? Check the Mercury Levels with this Chart!

Buying Fish? Check the Mercury Levels with this Chart!

Fish with the Highest Levels of Mercury

  • King Mackerel
  • Swordfish
  • Tilefish
  • Shark

Fish and Seafood with Mid-Range Mercury Levels

  • Tuna (all varieties except skipjack)
  • Orange Roughy
  • Marlin
  • Grouper
  • Spanish Mackerel
  • Chilean Seabass
  • Bluefish
  • Lobster
  • Weakfish (sea trout)
  • Halibut
  • Sablefish
  • Striped Bass or Rockfish

Fish and Seafood with Low Mercury Levels

  • Snapper
  • Monkfish
  • Carp
  • Freshwater perch
  • skate
  • Canned light tuna (skipjack)
  • Spiny lobster
  • Jacksmelt
  • Boston or Chub Mackerel
  • Croaker
  • Trout
  • Squid
  • Whitefish
  • American shad
  • Crab
  • Scallop

Fish and Seafood with Very Low Mercury Levels

  • Catfish
  • Mullet
  • Flounder, fluke, plaice, sand dabs
  • Herring
  • Anchovies
  • Pollock
  • Crayfish
  • Haddock
  • Sardine
  • Hake
  • Salmon
  • Oyster
  • Tilapia


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