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OK - I am pregnant and have fish as a main staple in my diet because I don't eat other meats or poulry. You should not eat raw fish (the Japanese women do but their sushi is alot fresher and better maintained than ours). You can eat all the fish you want so long as the mercury content is low. If it is higher, you need to limit to 1x per week (it could be 2x). Canned tuna as opposed to fresh is from much smaller tuna, which means that they have less mercury, so you can eat more of this. Mercury is typically in the larger fish. A funny thing is that the mercury content changes for the same type of fish depending on the country. For example, I am in Australia and Salmon is no problem but other fish are. So check the mercury content on a Government website related to either fish and marine life or food and drug, depending on where you are. Don't cut out fish totally though - its an important source of protein AND fatty fish have the Omega 3s that you need ...

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