Parallax34 t1_jef4gos wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Mystic River Watershed Associations stance on the topic of eating things from the main lower mystic river.

But it's also still a pretty dangerous place for fish due to high temps and low levels of oxygen, water quality is improved but still not great, Historically it was said you could walk across the Mystic on the backs of herrings they were so plentiful, before poorly regulated industrialization hit the region.

https://youtu.be/oCV1swNDFPA

danieltyr4nt t1_jegxb5l wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:56 PM

You can eat blue fish and striped bass - never shell fish, never if preggers.

The sauce: https://mysticriver.org/fish-advisory#:~:text=Shellfishing%20is%20not%20allowed%20in%20this%20area.&text=Children%20under%2012%2C%20pregnant%20women,shellfish%20caught%20from%20this%20area.&text=Everyone%20else%20should%20eat%20ONLY%20bluefish%20and%20striped%20bass%20from%20this%20waterbody.

SomeDumbGamer t1_jeh25vu wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:33 PM

I wouldn’t eat ANY shellfish from the harbor. They literally live in the muck that’s settled out from 400 years of pollution.