PFAS in Saltwater Fish

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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

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
Atlantic Croaker - 2
Barrelfish - 0
Black Drum - 7
Black Sea Bass - 108
Bluefish - 3
Bluestriped Grunt - 1
Bonefish - 7
Cobia - 4
Common Snook - 136
Crevalle Jack - 4
Gag Grouper - 18
Gray Snapper- 18
Graysby-14
Greater Amberjack - 24
Grey Triggerfish - 4
Gulf Flounder - 2
Hardhead Catfish - 17
Hogfish - 0
Jolthead porgy - 1
King mackerel - 3
Ladyfish - 16
Lane snapper - 40
Largehead hairtail - 1
​Lionfish - 50
Little Tunny (Bonita) - 5
Longfin Yellowtail - 1
Monkfish - 0
Mutton Snapper - 3
​Northern Red Snapper - 445
Permit - 1
​Pinfish - 73
​Pompano - 4
Queen Triggerfish - 1
Rainbow Runner - 1
Red Drum - 57
Red Grouper - 22
Red Porgy - 26
Remora - 19
​Sand Sea Trout (White Trout) - 7
Scamp Grouper - 8
Sheepshead - 93
Short Disk Sharksucker - 1
Silk Snapper - 7
Silver perch - 64
Slender Sharksucker - 3
Sole - 0
​Southern Kingfish - 2
​Spanish Mackerel - 1
Spotted Sea Trout - 25
Striped mullet - 3
Sword Fish - 2
Tilefish - 26
Toadfish - 0
Tomtate Grunt - 136
Tripletail - 1
Vermillion snapper - 175
Western Atlantic Seabream - 2
White grunt - 5
Whitespotted Soapfish - 1
Whiting - 2
Yellowtail Snapper - 3