The Alabama Department of Public Health has released its updated list of fish consumption advisories. The advisories are meant to serve as guidelines on what fish from state waters are safe to eat and what amounts are recommended.

Fish consumption advisories are issued for 34 specific bodies of water and species from those areas. Newly issued advisories represent the safe number of meals of that species of dish that can be eaten in a given period of time, such as meals per week, meals per month or do not eat any. A meal portion consists of 6 ounces of cooked fish or 8 ounces of raw fish, ADPH said.

The regulations don’t ban the consumption of any fish caught within the state and there’s not a danger of an acute toxic episode from consuming any of the species. However, it does point out the excess levels of contaminants that can be found in certain species of fish and the health issues consuming those fish can bring.

The main contaminants in Alabama fish are mercury, Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, and Perfluoralkyl sulfonate, or PFOs. You can see more on those here.

Here is ADPH’s list of locations and species on the Do Not Eat list. You can see the complete list of advisories here.

The following are those places where do not eat warning covers all species:

• Baker Creek embayment at Wheeler Reservoir in Morgan County – All species, PFO
• Chickasaw Creek, entire creek in Mobile County – All species, mercury
• Cold Creek Swamp from the confluence of Cold Creek with the Mobile River west through the swamp in Mobile County – All species, mercury
• Cowpen Creek at upstream of the confluence with Fish River in Baldwin County – All species, mercury
• Mobile River at Cold Creek at river mile 27 in Mobile County – All species, mercury
• Polecat Creek upstream of the confluence with Fish river in Baldwin County – All species, mercury
• Binion Creek immediately upstream of Highway 43 in Tuscaloosa County – All species, mercury
• Lewis Smith Reservoir at the mouth of Clear Creek, Sipsey Fork in the vicinity of Clear Creek and Butler creeks approximately 2.3 miles upstream of State Route 257 bridge in Winston County – All species, mercury
• Choccolocco Creek entire length of the creek from south of Oxford to Logan Martin Reservoir, in the vicinity of County Road 399 bridge and Choccolocco Creek embayment approximately 1 mile upstream of lake confluence in Calhoun and Talladega counties – All species, PCBs, mercury
• Little Escambia Creek at Wolf Log Road in Escambia County – All species, mercury
• Murder Creek between confluence with Burnt Creek and Conecuh River in Escambia County – All species, mercury
• Pea River approximately .5 miles downstream of Beaverdam Creek/Pea River confluence, south of Elba in Coffee County – All species, mercury
• Perdido River in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 90 bridge cross in Baldwin County – All species, mercury
• Persimmon Creek at Highway 106 west of Georgiana in Butler County – All species, mercury
• Sepulga River in the vicinity of Brooklyn in Escambia County – All species, mercury
• Yellow River at County Road 4 bridge in Covington County – All species, mercury

At-risk groups, including babies, children under 14, nursing or pregnant women or women who are planning on becoming pregnant, should pay particular attention to the advisories and avoid all king mackerel, shark, swordfish or tile fish.