Species
White Perch
White Perch carries consumption advisories on 754 waters across 9 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 perch: Chlordane, DDT, Dioxins, Mercury, PCBs, PFOS
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for white perch is For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children under 15: do not eat due to elevated Chlordane. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where white perch has advisories
Waters with white perch advisories
Showing 200 of 754 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.
- Alapaha River Florida
- Lake Calumet Illinois
- Cedar Lake Indiana
- Dodgeville Pond Massachusetts
- Flax Pond Massachusetts
- Mechanics Pond, Dodgeville Pond, and the section of the Ten Mile River that connects them Massachusetts
- Miacomet Pond Massachusetts
- Reservoir Pond Massachusetts
- Sampsons Pond Massachusetts
- Ten Mile River Massachusetts
- Anacostia River Maryland
- Back River Maryland
- Bird River Maryland
- Bohemia River Maryland
- Bush River Maryland
- C & D Canal Maryland
- Centennial Lake Maryland
- Chester River Maryland
- Choptank River Maryland
- Eastern Bay: Miles & Wye Rivers Maryland
- Elk River Maryland
- Gunpowder River Maryland
- Herring Bay Maryland
- Liberty Reservoir Maryland
- Lower Patuxent River Maryland
- Magothy River Maryland
- Maryland's Atlantic Coastal Waters Maryland
- Mid Bay: Middle to Patapsco Rivers Maryland
- Middle Patuxent River Maryland
- Middle River Maryland
- Nanticoke River Maryland
- Northeast River Maryland
- Patapsco River - Baltimore Harbor Maryland
- Patapsco River: S. Hanover Bridge to Annapolis Road Maryland
- Pocomoke River Maryland
- Port Tobacco River Maryland
- Potomac River - 301 Bridge to DC Line Maryland
- Potomac River: Mouth to 301 Maryland
- Rhode & West Rivers Maryland
- Sassafras River Maryland
- Severn River Maryland
- South River Maryland
- St. Mary's River Maryland
- Tred Avon River Maryland
- Triadelphia Reservoir Maryland
- Upper Patuxent River Maryland
- Wicomico River Maryland
- Lake Erie Michigan
- Lake Huron Michigan
- St. Marys River Michigan
- Raritan River New Jersey
- Union Lake New Jersey
- Cross River Reservoir New York
- 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
- Lake Taghkanic New York
- Massapequa Reservoir, upstream of Long Island Railroad New York
- Onondaga Lake New York
- Raritan Bay, west of Wolfe's Pond Park 2, 3 (Richmond) New York
- Smith Pond, Rockville Centre New York
- Titicus Reservoir New York
- Accotink Bay Virginia
- Accotink Creek Virginia
- Aiken Swamp-Dutch Gap Cutoff Virginia
- Aiken Swamp-Dutch Gap Cutoff Virginia
- Allens Branch Virginia
- Allens Run Virginia
- Almond Creek 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
- Banister River Virginia
- Baptist Run Virginia
- Barnes Swamp Virginia
- Barrows Creek Virginia
- Batten Bay Virginia
- Beatty Creek Virginia
- Beaverdam Creek 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 Duck Gut Virginia
- Black Haw Branch Virginia
- Blackstump Creek 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
- Bradley Run Virginia
- Brandon Gut Virginia
- Brandy Branch Virginia
- Brewers Creek Virginia
- Brickhouse Run Virginia
- Brights Creek Virginia
- Broad Creek Virginia
- Broad Creek Virginia
- Broad Rock Creek Virginia
- Broad Swamp Virginia
- Buckland Creek Virginia
- Bullhill Run Virginia
- Burnetts Mill Creek 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 Run Virginia
- Cedar Creek Virginia
- Cedar Field Creek Virginia
- Champion Swamp Virginia
- Chappell Creek Virginia
- Chickahominy River Virginia
- Chickahominy River Virginia
- Chisel Run Virginia
- Chopawamsic Creek Virginia
- Chopawamsic Creek Virginia
- Chuckatuck Creek Virginia
- Chuckatuck Creek Virginia
- Coan River Virginia
- Cohoon Creek Virginia
- Colby Swamp Virginia
- Coles Run Virginia
- College Creek Virginia
- College Run Virginia
- Collins Run Virginia
- Contrary Creek Virginia
- Cooper Creek Virginia
- Cornelius Creek Virginia
- Courthouse Creek Virginia
- Craney Island Creek Virginia
- Creer Creek Virginia
- Crewes Channel Virginia
- Crooked Branch Virginia
- Crooked Ditch Virginia
- Cross Creek Virginia
- Crouch Creek Virginia
- Crumps Swamp Virginia
- Cub Creek Virginia
- Cub Creek Virginia
- Curles Creek Virginia
- Cypress Creek Virginia
- Dan River Virginia
- Dark Swamp Virginia
- Deanes Branch Virginia
- Deep Creek Virginia
- Deep Creek Virginia
- Deep Run Virginia
- Deerlick Branch Virginia
- Diascund Creek Virginia
- Dockman Swamp Virginia
- Drum Point Creek Virginia
- East Run Virginia
- Eastern Branch Elizabeth River Virginia
- Eastern Branch Elizabeth River Virginia
- Edwards Swamp Virginia
- Elder Swamp Virginia
- Eley Swamp Virginia
- Elizabeth River Virginia
- Elizabeth River Virginia
- Ennis Pond Virginia
- Entry Ditch Virginia
- Eppes Creek Virginia
- Falling Creek Virginia
- Fishers Creek Virginia
- Fleets Branch Virginia
- Flippen Creek Virginia
- Flowerdew Hundred Creek Virginia
- Fort Creek Virginia
- Fourmile Creek Virginia
- Fourmile Run Virginia
- Fourmile Run Virginia
- Gillie Creek Virginia
- Gilligan Creek Virginia
- Gilmerton Deep Creek Canal Virginia
- Glebe Creek Virginia