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Originally Posted by T.J.T
Mercury is in the ocean/sea from polution, what happens is everything in the ocean/sea absorbs small amounts, the problem is, the little fish eat stuff, bigger fish eat those fish, BIGGER fish eat those big fish, on and on until these fish are consumed by sharks. we eat shark and we basicly get all the saved up mercury levels from all the fish they eat.
This was the way i understood it anyways, and the chart thats linked also confirms that usualy the bigger fish(higher on the food chain) has more mercury. 
With all this D&S talk though this is my understanding, but i may be wrong but i thought i would pass on my reasoning for my comment about sharks containing higher mercury. |
This was my understanding too, as well as what ninjajesus said. Don't the larger fish generally live longer as well?
I am far from an expert on seafood, although I love it. I live in Colorado, and it's about a 14 hour drive to the nearest shore