Yellow perch

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Sam Stukel/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
02/09/2018
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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Yellow perch have a common length of 19.1 cm with the longest reported length for yellow perch being 50 cm. Found in drainages of Atlantic and Arctic oceans, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basin. Yellow perch are an important commercial species as well as recreational fish species, regulations are used to manage populations.
Subject tags
Aquatic animals
Fish hatcheries
Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishes