Yellow perch

Photo By/Credit

Stukel, Sam/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
01/30/2019
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
Fishes
Fisheries management
Fisheries
Fish hatcheries
Aquatic animals