LivewellSpecies
Mountain Whitefish
Mountain Whitefish carries consumption advisories on 14 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 mountain whitefish: Arsenic, Dioxins, Lead, Mercury, PBDE, PCBs, PFAS
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for mountain whitefish is Do not eat due to elevated PCB. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where mountain whitefish has advisories
Waters with mountain whitefish advisories
- Bridgeport Reservoir California
- Clark Fork River Montana
- Kootenai River Montana
- Lake Koocanusa Montana
- Seeley Lake Montana
- Yellowstone River Montana
- Lake Roosevelt Washington
- Little Spokane River Washington
- Mid-Columbia Washington
- Mid-Columbia Washington
- Okanogan River Washington
- Spokane River Washington
- Spokane River Washington
- Wenatchee River Washington