These fish can live for many decades and don’t typically reach se-xu-al maturity until they’re at least twenty years old. They are another species that have been overfished, but due to their very slow reproduction cycles, they have an extremely difficult time recovering. Orange Roughy is also known to have high levels of mercury.
10. Shark
Continue reading…Since sharks have very high levels of mercury. They are also slow to mature and reproduce, and thus overfishing has depleted their populations as well.
11. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Bluefin tuna are now considered to be highly vulnerable to extinction. They are also large predatory fish and thus contain high levels of mercury.
12. Swordfish
Another predatory fish, mercury is the main concern here. In reality, the EDF has suggested that women and children avoid swordfish altogether and men consume it no more than once per month.
13. King Mackerel
Both King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel have high levels
