LivewellSpecies
Red Drum
Red Drum carries consumption advisories on 6 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 red drum: Arsenic, Hexavalent chromium, Mercury
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for red drum is For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children under 15: 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 red drum has advisories
Waters with red drum advisories
- Perdido Bay Alabama
- Doctors Lake Florida
- Everglades National Park West: All drainages West of Shark Slough and South of Tamiami Trail to Park boundary (includes Broad River, Rogers River, Florida
- Everglades National Park: Shark River Slough south of Tamiami Trail, including Harney and Shark Rivers and Tarpon Bay and its tributaries (Squawk, Rookery, North Prong, & Otter Creeks) Florida
- Lake Ponte Vedra Florida
- Brunswick River-Site 1 of 2 North Carolina