Hudson River Bass

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

FWIW, NY state tries to prevent any Hudson river fish from entering the food chain, by prohibiting commercial striped bass fishing west of a point on central LI. The theory is that most of the Hudson river fish stay within 50 miles of the river.

Old outdated study is where the 50 miles number comes from.
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[Cool Beans]

Easy way to look at it, is "would you allow your children to swim in that water?"

If you think the water is too polluted to swim in, then it is a good rule to not eat fish that live there.