You can now eat 'some fish' caught in New York's Hudson River for the first time in 50 years

April 06, 2026 - 21:18 UTC

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Grew up in a town on the Hudson. Wouldn’t eat a fish from the river then and probably won’t now.
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Personally, I'd try to find out more info, such as which species can be eaten and how often. Article is a little vague on details, but NY Health Dept. should have more specifics.
Signed,
Guy who used to do analysis for PCBs in wildlife.
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@mayor.nyc.gov is cleaning up stuff! Good on you NY for electing someone who has your back not the greedy Epstein class.
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I wonder if that is where the fish was from for the sushi I saw at the truck stop in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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At least once
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Let me guess, RFK Jr?
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I would except I'm in Oregon.
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England kinda got trashed, and then the East Coast of The United States got way over developed as well and now the West Coast of the United States is struggling. Here we are, using up the world.
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Phil said 'some fish' lol
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I mean, you always *could*…
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Is it because they are actually less toxic, or because the Trump-Project 2025 EPA changed the standard so they are no longer labeled toxic? Asking as a Pisces.
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Charlotte, the Hudson River water spider, finding all her hard work weaving “some fish” was completely unnecessary.
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I'll let the people who don't wash their meat have that one, they don't care.
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If PCBs and mercury are your preferred seasoning, go for it.
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Oh the type of US EPA Superfund success that this administration has since defunded.
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raw milk, hudson river's fish, what else
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I say we let the people who want to do it, do it. Don't save them. They don't want to be saved.
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Don’t worry folks - as we continue to alienate ourselves from all outside resources and food sources, our leaders are hard at work, lowering standards, to make us….what was it - oh yea healthy and great again.
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No.
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I've never had cancer, but I'm pretty sure this is one of the ways you get it
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Oh no bby..
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That’s gonna be a no dog
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okay. you first. 😐
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Absolutely not.
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fish been grazing on dead bodies and everything in between
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I think I’ll wait another 50 years, thanks.
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Some fish or *some* fish?
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Some terrific radiant humble fish.
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I was 12 when I first visited NYC during the Bicentennial. I remember seeing a “Hudson River whitefish” float by.🫣
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Probably would go full vegetarian first.
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You first
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a few fish, no more
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My literal face as I read this headline
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Nah Son
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Dan was de Regge eerder schoon
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🤣
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Hard pass, thanks.
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I’ll take your word for it
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I still wouldn’t
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*** you may experience a few side-effects.
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Ya, next they'll tell people in Indy fish out of White River are good to eat.
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You first
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😬
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Pro-tip: Skip the Coney Island Whitefish 😉
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I'm just here for all the people who have never been to the Hudson River making snide remarks.
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🐟🎏🎣
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And can be used for a soft night lantern as they glow in the dark.
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I feel like this is a “come eat!” post @jongraywb.blacksky.app
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I lived near the Hudson for years and this is more of a “run away” lol
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Nah
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One time i got giardia from a “oh this water is fine now” situations, so this would still be a pass from me.
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Naw, nope, never
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There no EPA guidelines to stop people from dumping again.
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Hi. I am from Syracuse, NY.
You know, the city to your Northwest with the lake that was a superfund site?

They talked about how clean it was now.

They just had samples test positive for higher levels of Mercury than some parts of the lake had before cleanup.

So. Yeah. You first.
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www.syracuse.com/news/2026/04/surprising-discovery-of-mercury-in-onondaga-lake-marina-raises-concern-of-broader-contamination.html
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Yeah…but I can always get a table at “East River Sushi.”
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Phil, naw.
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Never in a million years! Jack Welch was the Devil & dumped PCBs in the Housatonic River, Hudson River, Massachusetts forests, & even land in Pittsfield, Mass that GE subsequently DONATED as an elementary school building site (Allengate). All poisoned forever with PCBs. FOREVER. He was a mthrfckr.
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Who can?!
No thank you
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Nahhhhh
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But do you want to?
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And you can eat 'some mushrooms' you randomly find on a walk but I wouldn't advise it...
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I will. After people eat it for 5 years and do not glow at night.
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Give it a year or two after Trump and the GOP roll back all environmental regulations. They’re gutting the Clean Water and Air Act.
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Yeah…don’t do that
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Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
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You can. I’m not
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😂😂🤣🙄

New Yorker here - let me know in 50 years how the ppl who eat 'some fish' from Hudson River NOW did...then I'll consider it :))
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I remain unconvinced
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No thanks 😭✋🏾
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"lower levels"?

call me when it's "no-er" levels
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Yaaa, I’d still give it another 50 to be safe
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No thank you
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No thank you.
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Absolutely not
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Not for long. Trump’s EPA will destroy our air and water.
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In spite of environmental deregulation. Do it now… won’t last long. 🎣
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I always could eat fish out of the Hudson. And now guess how many pencils I can put through the holes in my brain I bet you can’t fit a pencil through your brain cus you haven’t had the Hudson Halibutter Mudfrites
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Are we in the Apocalypse already?
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Yes, a new one. The Indigenous Peoples of North America have been living in post apocalyptic times for centuries.
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You can have mine.
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It's true, I just ate some fish caught in the Hudson River and I feel fi
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No thanks, I’ll pass.
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That message is significantly more disturbing than they probably hoped it would sound.

With the price of groceries, I feel like people are gonna have to eat the fish out of the Hudson.
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i literally just read about the oyster project a few minutes ago.
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sure but the whole time it keeps talking about how fish from NJ could never
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I’ll give it a year just in case.
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