A recent Wall Street Journal article outlined the findings of a study by Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, "Fish Intake, Contaminants, and Human Health," regarding toxity levels in fish versus their health benefits. Read it here if you have a subscription, otherwise, just take my word for it.
"The American Heart Association recommends that people eat fish -- particularly the fatty type -- at least twice a week."
-HOWEVER-
"While [the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in March 2004] stated that fish and shellfish are an important component of a healthy diet, it warned women who are pregnant, nursing or planning to become pregnant to avoid those four types of fish that contain high levels of mercury -- shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish -- and to limit their intake of albacore tuna, which has more mercury than 'light' tuna."
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