Where can i eat fish in Sydney?

[Dumpling Democratic]

So sydney water is disgusting but the fish markets are too expensive sometimes. Are there any spots within sydney where i can eat fish from? I eat yakkas and trevs from balmoral, bream and whiting (sometimes flatties) from d y beach and thats about it. D y dont really fish well for so and i am looking for a bigger varety of spots. 

[Dumpling Democratic]

Is 40 baskets ok? Planning to go there soon but i love seafood so i would like to know thanks

[noelm]

There is literally hundreds of spots to catch and safely eat fish, almost anywhere east of the bridge I would be OK eating fish from. Any beaches, rocks and so on will be fine. Not too sure I agree about your comment about the water being “disgusting” but that’s your choice.

[Yowie]

I have been catching and eating fish from Port Hacking for more than 60 years. Still have 2 arms, 2 legs, 10 fingers, 1 head. 🤣

Nothing has dropped off, so all good. 

[bessell1955]

Good to see that you have remained intact, Yowie! 

[Little_Flatty]

3 hours ago, noelm said:

There is literally hundreds of spots to catch and safely eat fish, almost anywhere east of the bridge I would be OK eating fish from. Any beaches, rocks and so on will be fine. Not too sure I agree about your comment about the water being “disgusting” but that’s your choice.

Agreed. Sydney is a big place. Most of the emphasis on warnings is on the harbour system.

East of the harbour bridge is ok for fish consumption, provided you're not eating kilos per month. Officially you can only eat 150g per month, but when you go by species, you'll find that 150g limit really only applies to bream, tailor and silver biddie. Good luck catching a sea mullet in the harbour! Flathead, leatherjacket, you really can eat quite a lot:

See here: Fishing in Sydney Harbour (nsw.gov.au)

My take: East of the bridge, I eat fish, west, I don't. I release all bream because I no longer can be bothered eating a fish that I can only have 150g a month of.

[Dumpling Democratic]

Wow. Thanks for the advice guys!!! Rlly helpful. I dont wanna get sick from dioxins and all the other chemicals.

[Dumpling Democratic]

Wait what about sashimi?

[Dumpling Democratic]

Also. What is the maximum intake of grams for all species? It dodnt really say on the website. Still really useful tho. Thanks LittleFlatty

 

[Little_Flatty]

1 hour ago, Dumpling Democratic said:

Also. What is the maximum intake of grams for all species? It dodnt really say on the website. Still really useful tho. Thanks LittleFlatty

 

You’re going to need to practice your high school maths! It’s cumulative. So if you have your 150g of bream, that’s your allowance of harbour fish/dioxins for the month.

Personally I will only eat from the 1800g and above category. And I don’t have enough time to fish enough to provide 2kg of harbour fish for my whole family every month. That’s the domain of more skilful raiders 😎

[Dumpling Democratic]

23 hours ago, noelm said:

Ok thanks

 

[Dumpling Democratic]

Wait so if i ate one 25cm bream, i cant eat anymore without the risk of being sick? Or can i eat the required amout of all species within a month? Sorry i didnt really understand what you said 

[Dumpling Democratic]

Basically im just asking how many grams of seafood per month. 

[Dumpling Democratic]

Or does it mean that i can eat 4 prawns,5 crabs,1 bream etc all in a monthe? Im so confused. If its hard to explain then i'll ask my friends

[Little_Flatty]

If you’re that worried about it, I’d just steer clear of eating harbour fish altogether. Plenty do. Personally I’m fine with it and the paltry volumes of fish I eat out of there are no concern whatsoever.

Only Sydney harbour is affected by this problem. Fish the Hawkesbury, lower Georges, port hacking systems and you don’t have much to worry about.

[Dumpling Democratic]

Ok thanks. I do eat some of the fish i catch at balmoeal and d y and havent gotten sick yet so i should be fine. I was just wondering