Species
White Catfish
White Catfish carries consumption advisories on 900 waters across 7 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 white catfish: Mercury, PCBs, PFAS, PFOS
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for white catfish is Do not eat due to elevated PCB and PFAS. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where white catfish has advisories
Waters with white catfish advisories
Showing 200 of 900 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.
- Alapaha River Florida
- Blackwater Creek Florida
- Blue Cypress Lake Florida
- C-44 Canal (St. Lucie Canal) Florida
- Crescent Lake/Dunns Creek Florida
- Dead Lake Florida
- Doctors Lake Florida
- Dunns Creek Florida
- Econlockhatchee River Florida
- Farm 13 Reservoir (including Stick Marsh) Florida
- Fenholloway River Florida
- Fisheating Creek Florida
- Fox/South Lakes Florida
- Halfmoon Lake Florida
- Kenansville Lake Florida
- Kissimmee River System (all Pools) Florida
- Lake Apopka Florida
- Lake Arbuckle Florida
- Lake Beauclair Florida
- Lake Buffum Florida
- Lake Cannon Florida
- Lake Carlton Florida
- Lake Cone Florida
- Lake Conine Florida
- Lake Dexter Florida
- Lake Disston Florida
- Lake Eloise Florida
- Lake Eustis Florida
- Lake George Florida
- Lake Griffin Florida
- Lake Haines Florida
- Lake Hamilton Florida
- Lake Harney Florida
- Lake Harris Florida
- Lake Hartridge Florida
- Lake Hellen Blazes Florida
- Lake Howard Florida
- Lake Idylwild Florida
- Lake Istokpoga Florida
- Lake Jessie Florida
- Lake Jesup Florida
- Lake Livingston Florida
- Lake Louisa Florida
- Lake Lulu Florida
- Lake Marian Florida
- Lake Mirror Florida
- Lake Monroe Florida
- Lake Munson Florida
- Lake Okeechobee and Rim Canals Florida
- Lake Poinsett Florida
- Lake Rochelle Florida
- Lake Roy Florida
- Lake Sawgrass Florida
- Lake Shipp Florida
- Lake Smart Florida
- Lake Summit Florida
- Lake Walk-in-Water (Weohyakapka) Florida
- Lake Washington Florida
- Lake Winder Florida
- Lake Winterset Florida
- Lakes Woodruff System (including Lakes Dexter, Woodruff, and Spring Garden Lake) Florida
- Myakka River Florida
- Nassau River Florida
- Ocklawaha (Harris) Lake Chain (including Lakes Apopka, Beauclair, Carlton, Dora, Eustis, Griffin, and Harris and connected waters of Emeralda Marsh Conservation Areas 2, 3, and 4) Florida
- Ocklawaha River-Lower Section from below Rodman Reservoir Dam to the confluence with the St. Johns River Florida
- Otter Creek Florida
- Peace River and tributaries Florida
- Puzzle Lake Florida
- Spring Lake Florida
- St. Johns River North of SR 415 including Lakes George and Monroe (Lower River) Florida
- St. Johns River South of SR 415, including Lakes Harney, Puzzle, Poinsett, Winder, Washington, Florida
- St. Mary's River and tributaries Florida
- Suwannee River System (Including Alapaha, Suwannee, and Withlacoochee Rivers; See separate advisory for Santa Fe River) Florida
- Tiger Lake Florida
- Waccasassa River and tributaries (Including Otter Creek and Wekiva River) Florida
- Wekiva River (Waccasassa River tributary) Florida
- Winter Haven Lake Chain (Including Lakes Cannon, Florida
- Withlacoochee River North (Suwannee tributary) Florida
- Ebenezer Creek Georgia
- Lake Richard B. Russell Georgia
- Panther Creek (Stephens County) Georgia
- Satilla River (Folkston, Burnt Fort, Charlton/Camden Counties) Georgia
- Savannah River (Fort Howard) Georgia
- Savannah River (Tidal Gate) Georgia
- Connecticut River Massachusetts
- Chester River Maryland
- Mid Bay: Middle to Patapsco Rivers Maryland
- Nanticoke River Maryland
- Patapsco River - Baltimore Harbor Maryland
- Potomac River - 301 Bridge to DC Line Maryland
- East River to Throgs Neck Bridge 2, 3 (Queens, New York, Kings, Bronx) Harlem River 2, 3 (New York, Bronx) Upper New York Bay, north of Verrazano Narrows Bridge 2, 3 (Kings, New York, Richmond) White perch Up to 1 meal/month DON'T EAT PCBs New York
- Hudson River, Mario Cuomo Bridge to NYC Battery 2, 3 (Bronx, New York, Rockland, Westchester) White perch Up to 1 meal/month Up to 1 meal/month PCBs New York
- Hudson River, Rip Van Winkle Bridge at Catskill to NYC Battery 2, 3, 4 (Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, New York, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester) New York
- Hudson River, south of Rip Van Winkle Bridge at Catskill to NYC Battery New York
- Moodna Creek, downstream of Firthcliffe Dam to mouth of Hudson River New York
- Lake Wylie South Carolina
- Savannah River-119 South Carolina
- Savannah River-D South Carolina
- Accotink Creek Virginia
- Aiken Swamp-Dutch Gap Cutoff Virginia
- Aiken Swamp-Dutch Gap Cutoff Virginia
- Allens Branch Virginia
- Allens Run Virginia
- Almond Creek Virginia
- Antioch Swamp Virginia
- Appomattox River Virginia
- Appomattox River Virginia
- Aquia Creek Virginia
- Ashton Creek Virginia
- Back River Virginia
- Bailey Branch Virginia
- Bailey Creek Virginia
- Bailey Creek Virginia
- Baines Creek Virginia
- Ballard Creek Virginia
- Baptist Run Virginia
- Barnes Swamp Virginia
- Barrows Creek Virginia
- Batten Bay Virginia
- Beatty Creek Virginia
- Beaverdam Creek Virginia
- Beaverdam Swamp Virginia
- Bells Mill Creek Virginia
- Bennett Creek Virginia
- Bennett Creek Virginia
- Beus Swamp Virginia
- Bickers Creek Virginia
- Big Branch Virginia
- Big Ditch Virginia
- Big Entry Ditch Virginia
- Big Swamp Virginia
- Billy Creek Virginia
- Black Creek Virginia
- Black Duck Gut Virginia
- Black Haw Branch Virginia
- Blackstump Creek Virginia
- Blackwater River Virginia
- Blackwater River Virginia
- Blackwater Swamp Virginia
- Blairs Creek Virginia
- Bleakhorn Creek Virginia
- Blizzards Creek Virginia
- Bloody Run Virginia
- Blows Creek Virginia
- Blows Mill Run Virginia
- Boar Swamp Virginia
- Boatswain Creek Virginia
- Bows and Arrows Swamp Virginia
- Bradley Run Virginia
- Brandon Gut Virginia
- Brandy Branch Virginia
- Brantley Swamp Virginia
- Brewers Creek Virginia
- Brickhouse Run Virginia
- Brights Creek Virginia
- Britt Run Virginia
- Broad Creek Virginia
- Broad Creek Virginia
- Broad Rock Creek Virginia
- Broad Swamp Virginia
- Buckland Creek Virginia
- Bullhill Run Virginia
- Burnetts Mill Creek Virginia
- Burnt Mills Swamp Virginia
- Butlers Gut Virginia
- Cabin Creek Virginia
- Campbell Creek Virginia
- Canal Run Virginia
- Canal Swamp Virginia
- Cannon Branch Virginia
- Carbell Swamp Virginia
- Carrollton Branch Virginia
- Castle Mill Run Virginia
- Cattail Creek Virginia
- Cattail Creek Virginia
- Cattail Run Virginia
- Cattail Swamp Virginia
- Cedar Creek Virginia
- Cedar Field Creek Virginia
- Champion Swamp Virginia
- Chappell Creek Virginia
- Chickahominy River Virginia
- Chickahominy River Virginia
- Chinquapin Swamp Virginia
- Chisel Run Virginia
- Chopawamsic Creek Virginia
- Chuckatuck Creek Virginia
- Chuckatuck Creek Virginia
- Cohoon Creek Virginia
- Colby Swamp Virginia
- Coles Run Virginia
- College Creek Virginia
- College Run Virginia
- Collins Run Virginia
- Comers Branch Virginia
- Comet Swamp Virginia
- Contrary Creek Virginia
- Cooper Creek Virginia
- Coppahaunk Swamp Virginia
- Cornelius Creek Virginia