LivewellSpecies
Striped Mullet
Striped Mullet carries consumption advisories on 8 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 striped mullet: Hexavalent chromium, Mercury, PCBs
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for striped mullet is For women of childbearing age and young children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated PCB. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where striped mullet has advisories
Waters with striped mullet advisories
- Mission Bay California
- Escambia Bay; Upper and Lower Florida
- Escambia River and tributaries Florida
- New River, North Fork Florida
- St. Marks River (St Marks Wildlife Refuge) Florida
- Brunswick River-Cape Fear North Carolina
- Cape Fear River 2 North Carolina
- Sturgeon Creek North Carolina