On 6/3 the DEP announced a new recommendation for consuming large bluefish, a popular species commonly caught in Atlantic Ocean waters. They recommend that the public consume no more than one meal every other month of bluefish larger than 24 inches. Bluefish contain polychlorinated biphenyls at levels which may pose a risk to public health the same health concern exists for another popular species, striped bass. Long-term exposure to PCBs has been shown to cause cancer and a number of other serious health effects, including damage to the nervous system of developing fetuses, the immune system and the reproductive system.