Advisory fish guidance
- Avoid unnecessary water contact
- Yes
- Cook thoroughly
- Yes
- Discard guts and liver
- Yes
- Wash fillet with safe water
- Yes
- Wash hands after wet contact
- Yes
Evidence and sources (1)
Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
During an algae advisory, EBRPD advises avoiding unnecessary water contact and washing hands after handling fish or wet equipment. Fish fillets should be washed with tap or bottled water, guts and liver discarded, and fish cooked thoroughly. Reservoir fish are tested annually; at retrieval the page reported no microcystin detected to date in fish flesh from District-managed waters.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: East Bay Regional Park District