| WATERBODY |
CONTAMINANT & GUIDELINES |
Antelope Reservoir
(SE Zone) |
Very high mercury levels
- Women of childbearing age, children under 6, and people with liver and kidney damage should avoid eating fish from these waters.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal per month.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Bonneville Dam
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PCB Levels
- Crayfish and clams harvested above (east of) Bonneville Dam to the mouth of Ruckel Creek should not be eaten.
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Columbia Slough
(Willamette Zone) |
PCB Levels
- All persons should reduce or avoid eating fatty parts of fish.
- Removing the skin and all fat, eggs and internal organs can reduce exposure.
- PCBs in Fish.
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Cooper Creek Reservoir
(Willamette Zone) |
High mercury levels
- Children under 6 should eat no more than one 4-ounce meal every two months.
- Women of childbearing age should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every month.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every two weeks.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Cottage Grove Reservoir
(Willamette Zone) |
Very high mercury levels
- Women of childbearing age, children under 6, and people with liver and kidney damage should avoid eating fish from these waters.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal per month.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Dorena Reservoir
(Willamette Zone) |
High mercury levels
- Children under 6 should eat no more than one 4-ounce meal every two months.
- Women of childbearing age should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every month.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every two weeks.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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East Lake
(Central Zone)
Do not eat brown trout 16" or larger |
High mercury levels
- Children under 6 should eat no more than one 4-ounce meal every two months.
- Women of childbearing age should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every month.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every two weeks.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Emigrant Lake
(SW Zone)
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Very high mercury levels
- Women of childbearing age, children under 6, and people with liver and kidney damage should avoid eating fish from these waters.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal per month.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Galesville Reservoir
(SW Zone) |
High mercury levels
- Children under 6 should eat no more than one 4-ounce meal every two months.
- Women of childbearing age should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every month.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every two weeks.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Jordan Creek
(SE Zone) |
Very high mercury levels
- Women of childbearing age, children under 6, and people with liver and kidney damage should avoid eating fish from these waters.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal per month.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Lower Columbia River
(Columbia River Zone) |
PCB Levels
- All persons should reduce or avoid eating fatty parts of fish.
- Removing the skin and all fat, eggs and internal organs can reduce exposure.
- PCBs in Fish.
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Owhyee Reservoir
(SE Zone) |
Very high mercury levels
- Women of childbearing age, children under 6, and people with liver and kidney damage should avoid eating fish from these waters.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal per month.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Owhyee River upstream of the reservoir to Three Forks
(SE Zone) |
High mercury levels
- Children under 6 should eat no more than one 4-ounce meal every two months.
- Women of childbearing age should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every month.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every two weeks.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Plat I Reservoir
(SW Zone) |
Moderate mercury levels
- Children under 6 should eat no more than one 4-ounce meal every month.
- Women of childbearing age should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every two weeks.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every week.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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Portland Harbor
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PCB levels
- Women of childbearing age, particularly pregnant or breastfeeding women, children and people with weak immune systems, thyroid or liver problems, should avoid eating resident fish from Portland Harbor, especially carp, bass and catfish.
- Healthy women beyond childbearing age and healthy adult males should restrict the amount of resident fish eaten from Portland Harbor to no more than one 8-ounce meal per month.
Wood-treating chemicals
- Crayfish taken within 1000 feet of the property lines of the former McCormick & Baxter site located south of the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge in Portland Harbor should not be eaten.
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Snake River, including Brownlee Reservoir
(Snake River Zone) |
Moderate mercury levels
- Children under 6 should eat no more than one 4-ounce meal every month.
- Women of childbearing age should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every two weeks.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every week.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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| Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette to Cottage Grove Reservoir |
High mercury levels & PCB levels
- Children under 6 should eat no more than one 4-ounce meal every two months.
- Women of childbearing age should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every month.
- Healthy adults should eat no more than one 8-ounce meal every two weeks.
- Sport-fishing & methylmercury.
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