Fish Advisory Contacts and Partners

EPA partners with states, territories, tribes and other federal agencies and organizations to collect and study fish tissue data and to inform the development of fish and shellfish advisories and safe eating guidelines. EPA focuses primarily on advisories and studies on locally caught fish.

Other agencies, such as FDA and NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, focus on aquaculture and management of commercial fisheries.

Fish Advisory Contacts
Interstate & Stakeholder Organizations
Federal Agencies

Fish Advisory Contacts

States, Territories and Tribes

EPA maintains a list of the primary contacts and fish advisory programs in each state, territory or tribe that can help you learn more about local fish advisories.

List of State, Territory and Tribe Fish Advisory Contacts

Interstate and Stakeholder Organizations

Interstate and stakeholder organizations can be valuable partners to the public and to fish advisory and fish tissue analysis professionals. For example, these groups often conduct training and conferences, foster an exchange of information between groups and present strategies to advance the science of fish tissue data collection and analysis.

Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) Exit

Great Lakes Consortium for Fish Consumption Advisories Exit

Federal Agencies

EPA collaborates with federal partners to raise awareness about safe and healthy eating of fish and shellfish.


NOAA Fisheries
USDA Food Safety
DIO, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSPAN)
CDC, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)