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Species

Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish carries consumption advisories on 1,309 waters across 34 states. Limits depend on the water and the fish's size — a bigger fish has had longer to accumulate contaminants, so it's usually the stricter one.

Contaminants found in channel catfish: Arsenic, Chlordane, Hexavalent chromium, DDT, Dioxins, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, PFAS, PFOS

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for channel catfish is Do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where channel catfish has advisories

Waters with channel catfish advisories

Showing 200 of 1,309 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.