Fish Consumption Advisory Resources

Description

In 2016, Tetra Tech was contracted by the Chesapeake Bay Trust to conduct a literature review on fish consumption advisory effectiveness and, on the basis of on those findings, develop recommendations and tools to help Bay localities more effectively reach minorities, subsistence fishermen and the families they support with the fish they catch.

In 2020, the Toxic Contaminants Workgroup completed a joint project with the Chesapeake Bay Program Diversity Workgroup to develop communication tools for populations at high risk for PCB exposure through fish consumption in waters impaired by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). These populations include children and those who are pregnant or may become pregnant in communities with high rates of subsistence fishing, and especially linguistically isolated populations or populations who do not have regular access to the publication avenues commonly used by state governments and municipalities. As part of this effort, the Chesapeake Bay Program developed infographics to better communicate the dangers of toxic contaminants in locally caught fish and the subsequent risks to human health. The program also developed a Spanish-language video.