Fish and Seafood

Fish

• Safe Fish-handling
  Excerpt from the Food Safety While Boating, Camping and Hiking fact sheet with information about safely processing and storing fish. 
   
• Fish Consumption Advice
  Most fish are healthy to eat and fish are an excellent source of low-fat protein. Eating fish may also reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses. But any fish (store-bought or sport-caught) could contain contaminants such as mercury and PCBs that can harm human health.
   
• Scombroid Fish Poisoning
  Scombroid fish poisoning, or histamine fish poisoning, is a syndrome resembling an allergic reaction that occurs after eating fish contaminated with high levels of histamine.
   
• Safe Handling of Fish: Clemson 
  Clemson Cooperative Extension's fact sheet about maintaining quality in your catch.

Seafood

• Fresh and Frozen Seafood: Selecting and Serving it Safely: FDA
  Fact Sheet about nutrition and safety, shopping, storing, preparing, serving, and eating seafood. 
   
• Seafood: Foodsafety.gov 
  Foodsafety.gov web site on fish and shellfish safely in order to reduce the risk of foodborne illness.