LivewellSpecies
Goldfish
Goldfish carries consumption advisories on 22 waters across 3 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 goldfish: Chlordane, DDT, DIELDRIN, Mercury, PCBs
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for goldfish is For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where goldfish has advisories
Waters with goldfish advisories
- Delta, Central and South California
- East Park Reservoir California
- Lafayette Reservoir California
- Lake Chabot (Alameda County) California
- Millerton Lake California
- Oso Flaco Lake California
- Pinto Lake California
- Sacramento River and Northern Delta California
- Stony Gorge Reservoir California
- Vasona Lake and Camden Ponds California
- Burns Ditch Indiana
- East River to Throgs Neck Bridge 2, 3 (Queens, New York, Kings, Bronx) Harlem River 2, 3 (New York, Bronx) Upper New York Bay, north of Verrazano Narrows Bridge 2, 3 (Kings, New York, Richmond) White perch Up to 1 meal/month DON'T EAT PCBs New York
- Hall's Pond New York
- Hudson River, Mario Cuomo Bridge to NYC Battery 2, 3 (Bronx, New York, Rockland, Westchester) White perch Up to 1 meal/month Up to 1 meal/month PCBs New York
- Hudson River, Rip Van Winkle Bridge at Catskill to NYC Battery 2, 3, 4 (Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, New York, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester) New York
- Hudson River, south of Rip Van Winkle Bridge at Catskill to NYC Battery New York
- Lofts Pond New York
- Ridders Pond New York
- Sheldrake River New York
- Smith Pond, Rockville Centre New York
- Smith Pond, Roosevelt Park New York
- Spring Lake, Middle Island New York