PFAS in Saltwater Fish
We are currently collecting fish muscle samples to test for PFAS all across the state of Florida. Collection will continue until early 2025, with preliminary results expected summer 2025. 

We are still looking for help collecting the following fish species from all coasts of Florida. Please reach out if you can help with these species. ​
  • Barrel fish 
  • Pomfret
  • Hogfish
  • Monkfish
  • Sole
  • Toadfish
  • Flounder
  • Rainbow Runner
  • Black Drum
  • Cobia
  • Mahi Mahi
  • Mutton Snapper
Project Lead: PhD Graduate Student Isabella Cioffi

Collaborators on Study

  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Capt Harold, Reel Irie Fishing Charters LLC (site)
  • Capt Joe, Set Em Up Fishing Charters (site)
  • Capt Justin Leake, Panama City Inshore (site)
  • Capt Murray, Dambote Charters Inc. (site)​
  • Capt's Paul and Eric Douglass, Double D Fishing (site)
  • Captain Shults, Twisted Palms Salty Adventures (site)
  • Capt Tom Katz, Blind Date Charters (site)
  • Wild Ocean Seafood Market (site)

....and many more who wish to remain anonymous. 
Species Collected So Far: 
Species - # samples
Almaco Jack - 18
Amberjack - 8
Atlantic Croaker - 18
​Atlantic Sharpnose Shark - 3
Atlantic Spanish Mackerel - 4
Atlantic Tripletail - 6
Banded Rudderfish - 18
Barrelfish - 0
Big Eyed Snapper/Torro - 4
Black Drum - 51
Black Margate - 3
Black Mullet - 10
Black Sea Bass - 108
Bluefish - 5
Blueline Tilefish - 1
Bluestriped Grunt - 23
Bonefish - 28
Bonnethead - 15
Bull Shark - 1
Checkered Puffer - 3
Cobia - 5
Common Snook - 319
Crevalle Jack - 38
Dog Snapper - 1 
Fine Tooth Shark - 1
Florida Pompano - 29
Gafftopsail Catfish - 5
Gag Grouper - 18
Golden Tilefish - 28
Gray Triggerfish - 49
Graysby - 14
Great Hammerhead - 2
Greater Barracuda - 36
Gulf Flounder - 5
​Hardhead Catfish - 5
Hogfish - 10
Horse eye Jack - 3
Irish mojarra - 9 
Jolthead Porgy - 5
King mackerel - 3
Ladyfish - 12
Lane snapper - 93
Largehead hairtail - 1
Lemon Shark - 1
​Lionfish - 122
Little Tunny - 16
Lookdown - 1
Mahi Mahi - 2
Mangrove Snapper - 124
Monkfish - 0
Mutton Snapper - 17
​Northern Red Snapper - 454
Permit - 2
Pigfish - 11
​Pinfish - 210
Queen Triggerfish - 1
Rainbow Runner - 1
Red Drum - 283
Red Grouper - 29
Red Hind Grouper - 2
Red Porgy - 30
Remora (Family) - 19
​Rock Sea Bass - 11
Sailor's Choice - 6
Sand Perch - 6 
Sand Seatrout - 11
Sand Tilefish - 1
Scamp Grouper - 19
Sheepshead - 294
Short Disk Sharksucker - 1
Silk Snapper - 7
Silver Jenny - 3
Silver Perch/Silver Croaker - 241
Slender Sharksucker - 3
Sole - 0
Southern Kingfish - 17
​Southern Kingfish - 9
Spottail Pinfish
Spotted Sea Trout - 193
​Squirrel Fish - 1 
Striped Mojarra - 15
Striped mullet - 15
Sword Fish - 2
Toadfish - 0
Tomtate Grunt - 280
Vermillion Snapper - 403
Wenchman - 3
Western Atlantic Seabream - 37
White grunt - 15
Whitespotted Soapfish - 1
Whiting - 1
Yellow Jack - 1 
Yellow Stingray - 2
Yellowfin mojarra - 27
Yellowtail Snapper - 3
Total: 4000 Samples

In the Lab

Coming soon!