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Yellow Perch

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

Yellow Perch carries consumption advisories on 326 waters across 20 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 yellow perch: Arsenic, Dioxins, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, PFAS, PFOS

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for yellow perch is Do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where yellow perch has advisories

Waters with yellow perch advisories

Showing 200 of 326 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.