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Spatial Trends and Health Risks of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in San Francisco Bay Fish from 2009 to 2019

Author(s): Miguel Méndez | Jay Davis | Ezra Miller | Richard Grace | Rebecca Sutton

2025

Consumption of contaminated food, especially seafood, is a key source of human perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) exposure. Here, we examine the occurrence of PFAS in shiner surfperch (Cymatogaster aggregata), striped bass (Morone saxatilis…

2024 Sport Fish Field Report

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2024

This report provides information about sportfish monitoring collection conducted by ICF during 2024 for the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) as part of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). The RMP monitors spatial patterns and…

2024 Sport Fish Sampling and Analysis Plan

Author(s): Martin Trinh | Donald Yee | Amy Kleckner | Jay Davis | Autumn Bonnema | Rick Wilder

2024

This document details sampling and analysis plans associated with the Status and Trends (S&T) sport fish contaminant monitoring for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). Fish will be collected from various locations in the Bay.…

Carquinez Strait Fish and Preservation Project Fish Collection Summary Report

Author(s): ICF

2023

In 2023, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) received funding from a grant won by All Positives Possible, a nonprofit organization with 501c3 status, to provide shoreline education, fish testing, garbage abatement, and preservation process that is engaging members and…

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PCBs in Shiner Surfperch in Priority Margin Areas of San Francisco Bay

Author(s): Jay Davis | Nina Buzby

2021

Conceptual models developed for selected San Francisco Bay margin areas (referred to as priority margin units, or PMUs) have identified shiner surfperch as a crucial indicator of PCB impairment, due to their explicit inclusion as an indicator species in the PCBs TMDL,…

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2019 Sport Fish Monitoring Sampling and Analysis Plan

Author(s): Nina Buzby | Donald Yee | Melissa Foley | Jay Davis | Marco Sigala | Autumn Bonnema

2020

The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) monitors concentrations of contaminants in fish tissue as indicators of bioaccumulation of contaminants in the Bay. In 2019, the RMP will conduct its eighth round of sport fish monitoring by…

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Mercury and Methylmercury in Fish and Water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: August 2016 – April 2017

Author(s): Jay Davis | Wesley Heim | Autumn Bonnema | Billy Jakl | Donald Yee

2018

Monitoring of sport fish and water was conducted by the Delta Regional Monitoring Program (Delta RMP) from August 2016 to April 2017 to begin to address the highest priority information needs related to implementation of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Estuary Total Maximum…