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Fish consumption advisories

Florida

Florida publishes advisories for 426 waters, covering 4079 species-and-size recommendations.

Contaminants of concern: Arsenic, Dioxins, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides, Saxitoxin (puffer fish)

Statewide advisory

These apply across Florida, including waters with no specific advisory of their own.

  • Black Crappie All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Black Crappie Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Blue Tilapia All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Blue Tilapia Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Bluegill All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Bluegill All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Bluegill Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Bluegill Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Brown Bullhead All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Brown Bullhead Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Butterfly Peacock Bass All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Butterfly Peacock Bass Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Common Snook All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Common Snook All other individuals Limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Common Snook Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Crevalle Jack All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Crevalle Jack All other individuals Limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Crevalle Jack Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Crevalle Jack Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Great Barracuda All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Great Barracuda All other individuals Limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Great Barracuda Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Great Barracuda Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Mangrove Snapper All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Mangrove Snapper Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Mangrove Snapper Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Red Drum All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Red Drum All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Red Drum Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Snowy Grouper All other individuals Limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Snowy Grouper Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Southern Flounder All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Southern Flounder Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Southern Kingfish All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Southern Kingfish Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Spanish Mackerel All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Spanish Mackerel Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Spotted Bass All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Spotted Bass Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Spotted Seatrout All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Spotted Seatrout All other individuals Limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Spotted Seatrout Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Striped Mojarra All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Striped Mojarra Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Striped Mullet All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Striped Mullet Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Tarpon All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Tarpon Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Tripletail All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Tripletail All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys
  • Tripletail Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters (excluding Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and Florida Keys)
  • Vermillion Snapper All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Vermillion Snapper Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Wahoo All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Wahoo Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • White Grunt All other individuals Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • White Grunt Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • White Mullet All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • White Mullet Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Yellow-Edge Grouper All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Yellow-Edge Grouper Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Yellowfin Tuna All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Yellowfin Tuna Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per month due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Yellowtail Snapper All other individuals Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters
  • Yellowtail Snapper Women of childbearing age and young children For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. All coastal waters

Waters with advisories in Florida

426 waters on file. A water not listed here has no advisory in the state's data — which usually means it has never been sampled, not that it's been cleared.

Coastals 4

Lakes 293

Ponds 11

Reservoirs 9

Rivers 109

Browse Florida by county

Every named water in the state, county by county — including the many with no advisory on file.

Florida statewide fishing limits

Statewide defaults — specific waters and zones may differ. Verify the current rules before keeping a fish.

SpeciesSizeDaily limitOpen seasonKeep season
Largemouth Bass — 5 Year-round Same as open
Black Crappie — 25 Year-round Same as open
Bluegill — 50 Year-round Same as open
Channel Catfish — — Year-round Same as open
Striped Bass — 20 Year-round Same as open

Official rules: Florida — Florida FWC

Where this comes from

Advisories
Florida Dept. of Health — Fish Consumption Advisories
Regulations
Florida — Florida FWC
All sources
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