Species

Cisco

Cisco, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
Painting by Ellen Edmonson (via Wikimedia Commons) — Public domain. Source

Cisco carries consumption advisories on 48 waters across 2 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 cisco: Mercury, PCBs, PFOS

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for cisco is Limit to 6 meals per year due to elevated PCB. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where cisco has advisories

Waters with cisco advisories