Species

Silver Carp

Silver Carp, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
USFWS Mountain-Prairie (via Wikimedia Commons) — Public domain. Source

Silver Carp carries consumption advisories on 7 waters across 1 state. 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.

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for silver carp is For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children: limit to one meal per month. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where silver carp has advisories

Waters with silver carp advisories