TABLE 1.

Stakeholders interested in scientific data necessary to understand potential risk from contaminants in fish.

Player	Primary goal	Secondary goals
Fishers (individual)	How to reduce risk while continuing to enjoy fishing and fish consumption	Maintaining their lifestyle of fishing; Knowing which fish species have low and high levels of mercury
Jersey Coast Anglers Association	How to reduce risk of mercury for all saltwater fish while continuing to foster fishing	Reducing risk to members from mercury; providing information to their members; Knowing which fish species have low and high levels of mercury to advise their members.
Jersey Coast Shark Anglers	How to reduce risk from mercury levels in sharks while continuing to fish	Reducing risk to members from mercury; providing information on mercury in sharks to their members; identifying which species have low and high mercury levels
Marina owners	What advice should they give their clients about mercury in fish.	Continuing to encourage fishing (and their business) while providing people with the best information on mercury levels in different fish and potential risk.
New Jersey DEP	Understanding mercury levels in fish that are below the legal size limit; Understanding mercury levels to set any fish consumption guidelines.	Knowing how mercury varies seasonally and by size. Considerations for issuing advisories for saltwater fish.
Scientists	Understanding how mercury varies as a function of species of fish, size of fish, location and season of collection.	Using the data to provide information to fishers and consumers that can help them make informed decisions about their own risk, and that of other family members; Understanding potential risk from mercury to the fish themselves, and to higher level eco-receptors (e.g. birds, predatory fish)