Western
Pennsylvania Fish Consumption Advisory April, 1999
Compiled by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission |
|
| Water Body |
Area under Advisory |
Species |
Meal Frequency |
Contaminant |
Allegheny River
(Allegheny Co.) |
From Lock & Dam 3 (RM 14.5) to the
Point in Pittsburgh |
Smallmouth & Spotted Bass |
One meal a week (52 meals a year) |
PCB |
Carp
Channel catfish |
Do not eat |
PCB |
Monongahela River
(Allegheny Co.) |
From Lock & Dam 2 (RM 11.2) to the Point in Pittsburgh |
Smallmouth & Spotted bass
Walleye |
One meal a week (52 meals/year) |
PCB |
| Freshwater drum |
One meal every two months
(6 meals /year) |
PCB |
Carp
Channel catfish |
Do not eat |
PCB |
Ohio River
(Allegheny & Beaver Co.s) |
From the Point in Pittsburgh (RM 0.0) to
the Montgomery Lock & Dam (RM 31.7) |
Walleye and Sauger
White bass
Freshwater drum |
One meal a month
(12 meals/year) |
PCB |
Carp
Channel catfish |
Do not eat |
PCB |
Beaver River
(Beaver Co.) |
From New Brighton Dam to mouth |
Carp
Channel catfish |
Do not eat |
PCB |
| Ohio River |
*From Montgomery Lock & Dam (RM
31.7) to the state border (RM 40.0) |
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass
Sauger |
One meal a week (52 meals/year) |
PCB |
White bass
Hybrid striped bass
Freshwater drum |
One meal a month
(12 meals/year) |
PCB |
Flathead catfish
Channel catfish
under 17'' |
One meal every two months
(6 meals /year) |
PCB |
Channel catfish over 17''
Carp |
Do not eat |
PCB |
Monongahela River
(Fayette & Greene Co.s) |
Port Marion Lock & Dam (RM 90.8) to
Grays Landing Lock & Dam (RM 82.0) |
White bass |
Do not eat |
Chlordane |
| Carp |
One meal a month
(12 meals/year) |
PCB |
Cheat River
(Fayette Co.) |
Cheat Lake Dam to mouth |
White Bass |
Do not eat |
Chlordane |
| *Based on advisory issued by
Ohio & West Virginia |