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Spotted Seatrout

Spotted Seatrout, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
Raver Duane, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (via Wikimedia Commons) — Public domain. Source

Spotted Seatrout carries consumption advisories on 4 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 spotted seatrout: Mercury, PCBs

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for spotted seatrout is Limit to one meal per month due to elevated PCB. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where spotted seatrout has advisories

Waters with spotted seatrout advisories