Fish Resources

• Sport Fish of West Virginia

  This information was designed to serve as a guide to the identification of sport fishes commonly caught by West Virginia anglers. The state contains more than 150 species of fish.

• Wildlife Management Areas

  Interactive map of Wildlife Management Areas in West Virginia.

• Fishing Regulations

  West Virginia Division of Natural Resources fishing regulations.

• Fish Consumption Advisories for West Virginia

  Scientists in West Virginia and across the nation have long suspected that fish contaminated with certain chemicals may pose health risks to those who frequently consume these fish. This concern has heightened as scientists learned more about the levels of contamination in fish and toxicological characteristics of these contaminants.

• Eastern Brook Trout Restoration

  Trout Unlimited developed three conservation planning products to help identify strategic conservation opportunities and evaluate potential projects within the range of Eastern Brook Trout in the eastern United States.

Books

• The Fishes of West Virginia
• Audubon Field Guide to North American Fishes, Whales and Dolphins
• Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes
• How to Know the Freshwater Fishes Fishes

Websites

• FishBase

  A global information system on fishes.

• Virginia Fishes

  Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.