fishoo Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Hi all, New to fishing in Sydney. I went the other day to Clifton gardens and caught few slimy mackerel. I saw a lot of people taking them home for eating. I was wondering is the fish safe to eat? Since its connected to Parramatta river? I know you can't really eat fish from the parra river, I wanted to know if this would apply to slimy mackerel at Clifton gardens. Maybe some of the veterans can shed some light. (I'm fairly new to fishing and this forum, my apologies if I posted this in the wrong section. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffb5.8 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I would say as long as you not eating it everyday you will be fine, I don't think Mackeral travel far up the river to where most of the pollution is. they say anything easy of the Harbour bridge is fine, I fish round there and have eaten them with out an issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoo Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, jeffb5.8 said: I would say as long as you not eating it everyday you will be fine, I don't think Mackeral travel far up the river to where most of the pollution is. they say anything easy of the Harbour bridge is fine, I fish round there and have eaten them with out an issues. Yeh if eating the fish causes problems, it would probably be long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Check the DPI advice on their website. There are recommendations based on the studies they have done on fish taken from Sydney Harbour. Generally I just try to minimise the amount of fish I eat west of the bridge and try not to worry too much east of the bridge. The bridge itself is an arbitrary marker though it is definitely true that there is more pollution the further up the river you go. Certain locations have their own localised pollution issues too, so make sure you know where you're eating from if you do choose to take fish home. For example, bream from certain spots in Middle Harbour have a high count of microplastics in their bodies that are passed on when you consume the meat. Do your research and make your own decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGG DADDA TREVS Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 the fish there are fine to eat, i've eaten quite a few fish from there. the water pretty clean of pollution there so its all good. There's also a reef there which cleans up the pollution a little too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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