What kind of precautions do you take with the high levels of mercury in your catch?

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Longliner
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What kind of precautions do you take with the high levels of mercury in your catch?

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Do you guys keep all the good eating fish through out the year regardless of the levels of mercury?
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I don't eat kings, period. If I feel the need to eat mackerel I'll keep a spanish or two, but there are too many other good eating fish out there for me to bother with keeping mackerel at all.

I'll keep and eat a cobia per year maybe or if i catch any and all mahi.

The bulk of my eating fish are snapper or bay fish (redfish/flounder). I'll also make a pompano run or two in the winter in the surf and keep a bunch of those.

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what endo said^. cpr only on kings. why anyone keeps kings is beyond me. they bleed mercury and gar taste better. really.
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Pretty much what they said. If I bring kings home they go into a fish fry for my second shift. :wink:
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