Revised: February 13, 2018

COMMONWEALTH OF FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES - 2018

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Belmont Lake (Wayne Co.) Entire Lake Rock Bass 1 meal/month Mercury Beltzville Lake (Beltzville State Park) Entire Lake Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury (Carbon Co.) Brady’s Lake (Monroe Co.) Entire Lake Chain pickerel 6 meals/year Mercury Yellow Perch 1 meal/month Broadhead Creek (Monroe Co.) Entire Basin Rock Bass 2 meals/month Mercury Bushkill Creek (Monroe and Pike Co.) Entire Basin American eel 2 meals/month Mercury All suckers Chester Creek (Delaware Co.) Confluence of W. Br. Chester Channel catfish 2 meals/month Mercury Ck. To Mouth Darby Creek (Delaware and Philadelphia Entire Basin Channel catfish 1 meal/month PCB Co.) Delaware River Source to Trenton, NJ- Rock bass 2 meals/month Mercury Morrisville, PA bridge Walleye > 17” Smallmouth bass 1 meal/month Delaware Estuary, including the tidal Trenton, NJ-Morrisville, PA White perch 1 meal/month PCB portion of all PA tributaries and the Bridge to PA/DE border Channel catfish to the Fairmount Dam Flathead catfish (Bucks, Philadelphia, & Delaware Co.) Striped bass > 28” Carp 6 meals/year PCB American eel Do Not Eat PCB Hickory Lake (Wayne Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Smallmouth bass Lake Maskenozha (Pike Co.) Entire Lake Yellow perch 2 meals/month Mercury Lake Wallenpaupack (Pike & Wayne Co.) Entire Lake Walleye 1 meal/month Mercury Lake Towhee (Bucks Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals /month Mercury (Northampton Co.) Confluence of Saucon Creek Carp 1 meal/month PCB to mouth American eel Little Neshaminy Creek (Bucks Co.) Entire Basin Carp 1 meal/month PCB Long Pond (Wayne Co.) Entire Lake Walleye 1 meal/month Mercury Marsh Creek Lake (Chester Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Miller Pond (Wayne Co.) Entire Lake Chain pickerel 1 meal/month Mercury Largemouth bass Yellow perch 2 meals/month Promised Land Lake (Promised Land State Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Park) (Pike Co.) Prompton Reservoir (W. Br. Lackawaxen Entire Lake Largemouth bass 1 meal/month Mercury River) (Wayne Co.) Walleye 2 meals/month Red Clay Creek (Chester Co.) Entire Basin (except East American eel 1 meal/month PCB Branch Red Clay Creek) Schuylkill River (Schuylkill Co.) Confluence of Mill Cr. at Trout 1 meal/month PCB Port Carbon to Auburn Dam Schuylkill River (Schuylkill & Berks Co.) Confluence of Mahannon Cr. Brown bullhead 1 meal/month PCB at Landingville to Kernsville All suckers Dam - 4 -

Revised: February 13, 2018

Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Schuylkill River (Berks Co.) Kernsville Dam to Maiden All suckers 1 meal/month PCB Creek Schuylkill River (Berks, Chester, & Confluence of Maiden Creek All suckers 1 meal/month PCB Montgomery Co.) to Black Rock Dam above Carp 6 meals/year PCB Phoenixville Channel catfish Schuylkill River (Chester, Montgomery, & Black Rock Dam to Carp Do Not Eat PCB Philadelphia Co.) Fairmount Dam in American eel Philadelphia All suckers 1 meal/month Channel catfish Flathead catfish

Corbicula (Asiatic clam) – *The harvest of live mussels and clams in Pennsylvania is prohibited. Schuylkill River (Berks, Chester, Confluence of Maiden Creek American eel Do Not Eat PCB Montgomery & Philadelphia Co.) to Fairmount Dam All suckers 1 meal/month Shohola Lake (Pike Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 1 meal/month Mercury Stairway Pond (Pike Co.) Entire Pond Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Tobyhanna Creek (Carbon and Monroe Pocono Lake dam to mouth Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Co.) Valley Creek at Valley Forge (Chester Co.) Entire Basin Brown trout 1 meal/month PCB * No Harvest – PFBC Catch & Release All Tackle Regulation West Branch Brandywine Creek (Chester From business Rt. 30 American eel 1 meal/month PCB Co.) (Lincoln Highway) in Coatesville to confluence of Buck Run West Branch Schuylkill River (Schuylkill Entire Basin Brook trout 1 meal/month PCB Co.) White Clay Creek Entire Basin American eel 2 meals/month Mercury White Oak Pond (Wayne Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Beechwood Lake (Tioga Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Black Moshannon State Park Lake (Centre Entire Lake Chain pickerel 1 meal/month Mercury Co.) Bearwallow Pond (Sullivan Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Chain pickerel Chemung River (Bradford Co.) NY/PA border to mouth Channel catfish 2 meals/month Mercury Smallmouth bass 1 meal/month (Lancaster Co.) Slackwater to mouth Rock bass 2 meals/month Mercury and Reservoir (Tioga Entire Basin Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Co.) Black crappie 1 meal/month Yellow perch Largemouth bass

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

First Fork -George Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury B. Stevenson Dam () (Cameron & Potter Co.) First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek (Cameron George B. Stevenson Dam to Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Co.) mouth Francis Slocum Lake (Luzerne Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Hunters Lake (Sullivan Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Jacks Creek (Mifflin Co.) Paintersville Bridge to mouth 1 meal/month PCB Rock bass Fallfish Kettle Creek Lake (Kettle Creek State Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Park) (Clinton Co.) Black crappie Yellow perch Kettle Creek (Clinton Co.) Alvin R. Bush Dam to mouth Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Lackawanna Lake (Lackawanna State Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Park) (Lackawanna Co.) Lake Jean (UNT Kitchen Cr.) (Ricketts Entire Lake Chain pickerel 1 meal/month Mercury Glen State Park, Sullivan and Luzerne Co.) Largemouth bass Yellow perch 2 meals/month Lake Makoma (Mill Cr.) (Sullivan Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Lake Winola (Wyoming Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Laurel Lake (Cumberland Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Lily Lake (Luzerne Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury (Clinton Co.) Entire Basin Yellow Perch 2 meals/ month Mercury Logan Branch (Centre Co.) Axemann to mouth Brown trout 1 meal/month PCB Lyman Run Reservoir (Potter Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 1 meal/month Mercury Maple Lake (Lackawanna Co.) Entire Lake Chain pickerel 2 meals/month Mercury McWilliams Reservoir (Northumberland Entire Reservoir Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury and Columbia Co.) Mountain Mud Pond (Merli_Sarnoski Entire lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Park) (Lackawanna Co.) Pine Creek (Tioga Co.) Confluence of Painter Run to Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury confluence of Fourmile Run near Colton Shumans Lake (Sullivan Co.) Entire Lake Chain pickerel 2 meals/month Mercury Silver Lake (Susquehanna Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Stephen Foster Lake (Bradford Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Sugar Creek (Bradford Co.) Confluence of Bailey Run to Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury mouth Sunfish Pond (Bradford Co.) Entire Pond Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Yellow perch (Susquehanna Co.) Entire section in PA from the Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury NY border above Starrucca Fallfish Creek to the NY border below Great Bend Susquehanna River (Bradford and NY border above Sayre to Walleye 1 meal/month Mercury Wyoming Co.) PA Route 92 bridge at Falls Smallmouth bass

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Channel catfish 1 meal/month PCB Carp Susquehanna River (Wyoming, PA Route 92 bridge at Falls Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, to confluence with West All suckers Do Not Eat PCB Northumberland, and Montour Co.) Branch Channel catfish 1 meal/month Quillback and Carp Walleye Susquehanna River (Snyder, West Branch to PA/MD Channel catfish > 20” 1 meal/month PCB Northumberland, Juniata, Perry, Dauphin, border Cumberland, York, and Lancaster Co.) Tioga Reservoir (Tioga Co.) Entire Reservior Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury (Bradford Co.) Confluence of Schrader Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Creek to mouth Trindle Spring Run (locally Silver Spring Silver Spring Meeting House All trout 1 meal/month PCB Run) (Cumberland Co.) to mouth (approx. 1 mile) Tunkhannock Creek (Wyoming Co.) Confluence of South Branch Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury to mouth Tuscarora Creek (Juniata Co.) SR 3008 bridge above Port Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Royal to mouth West Branch Susquehanna River (Clinton, Bald Eagle Creek to Channel catfish 1 meal/month PCB Lycoming, Union & Northumberland Co.) Confluence with Susquehanna River White (Union Co.) I-80 bridge to mouth Brown trout 2 meals/month Mercury (Bradford Co.) SR 0706 bridge at Camptown Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury to mouth (Cumberland Co.) SR 3017 bridge at Huntsdale Brown trout 1 meal/month PCB to confluence of Spruce Run

OHIO RIVER BASIN Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Allegheny River (McKean Co.) Confluence of Potato Creek Smallmouth bass 1 meal/month Mercury to PA/NY border Allegheny Reservoir (Warren & McKean Entire Lake Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Co.) Allegheny River (Warren, Forest & Kinzua Dam to confluence of Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury Venango Co.) Witherup Run at St. George Walleye Allegheny River (Armstrong Co.) Pool 6 - Lock & Dam 7 to Carp 1 meal/month PCB Lock & Dam 6 Allegheny River (Armstrong Co.) Pool 5 - Lock & Dam 6 to Carp 1 meal/month PCB Lock & Dam 5 Channel catfish Allegheny River (Armstrong & Allegheny Pool 4 - Lock & Dam 5 to Carp 1 meal/month PCB Co.) Lock & Dam 4 Channel catfish Allegheny River (Allegheny Co.) Pool 3 - Lock & Dam 4 to Carp 1 meal/month PCB Lock & Dam 3 Channel catfish Allegheny River (Allegheny Co.) Pool 2 - Lock & Dam 3 to Carp 1 meal/month PCB Lock & Dam 2 Channel catfish Allegheny River (Allegheny Co.) Lock & Dam 2 to See Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Co.) Montgomery Lock & Dam on the Ohio River

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Beaver River (Lawrence & Beaver Co.) Confluence of Mahoning and Smallmouth Bass 1 meal/month PCB Shenango Rivers to mouth Channel catfish Carp Do Not Eat PCB Beaver Run Reservoir (Westmoreland Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Brokenstraw Creek (Warren Co.) Confluence of Hare Creek to All suckers 2 meals/month Mercury mouth Smallmouth bass Chartiers & Little Chartiers Creeks Chartiers Creek - Canonsburg Largemouth bass 1 meal/month PCB (Allegheny & Washington Co.) to mouth Carp Do Not Eat L. Chartiers Creek - Smallmouth bass 6 meals/year Canonsburg Lake dam to mouth Chapman Dam Reservoir (Warren Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Clarion River (Clarion, Clearfield & Elk Entire Basin upstream of Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Co.) Piney Dam Clarion River (Clarion Co.) Confluence of Canoe Creek Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury above Callensburg to confluence of Turkey Run Conemaugh River (Indiana Conemaugh Lake dam to Carp 1 meal/month PCB &Westmoreland Co.) mouth Conewango Creek (Warren Co.) NY/PA border to mouth Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Conneaut Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Northern pike 1 meal/month Crystal Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 1 meal/month Mercury Dunkard Creek (Greene Co.) Confluence of Toms Run to Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury confluence of Roberts Run Dunkard Creek (Greene Co.) SR 2021 bridge to mouth Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury East Branch Lake (E. Br. Clarion River) Entire Lake Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury (Elk Co.) Eaton Reservoir (Erie Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Walleye Edinboro Lake (Erie Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury French Creek (Erie, Crawford, Mercer, & Entire Mainstem Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Venango Co.) Walleye Justus Lake (Venango Co.) Entire Lake Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Largemouth bass Lake Canadohta (Crawford Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Walleye Lake LeBoeuf (Erie Co.) Entire Lake Muskellunge 1 meal/month Mercury Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Carp Lake Pleasant (Erie Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 1 meal/month Mercury Lopez Pond (Sullivan Co.) Entire Lake Yellow Perch 2 meals/month Mercury Mahoning River (Lawrence Co.) Entire portion in PA Carp 6 meals/year PCB Channel catfish Do Not Eat Monongahela River (Fayette & Greene Point Marion Lock & Dam to Carp 1 meal/month PCB Co.) Maxwell Lock & Dam

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Monongahela River (Fayette & Pool 4 - Maxwell Lock & Carp 1 meal/month PCB Washington Co.) Dam to Lock & Dam 4 Monongahela River (Allegheny, Pool 3 - Lock & Dam 4 to Carp 1 meal/month PCB Washington & Westmoreland Co.) Lock & Dam 3 Monongahela River (Allegheny Co.) Pool 2 - Lock & Dam 3 to Carp 1 meal/month PCB Lock & Dam 2 Monongahela River (Allegheny Co.) From Lock & Dam 2 to the See Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Co.) Montgomery Lock & Dam on the Ohio River Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Co.) From Lock & Dam 2 on the Black crappie 1 meal/month PCB Monongahela River and Lock White crappie & Dam 2 on the Allegheny Freshwater drum River to the Montgomery Largemouth bass Lock and Dam Smallmouth bass Spotted bass Based on advisories issued by Sauger Ohio River Valley Water Walleye Sanitation Commission All suckers 6 meals/year Flathead catfish Hybrid Striped bass White bass Channel catfish <18” Carp Do Not Eat Channel catfish >18” Ohio River (Beaver Co.) From Montgomery Lock and All suckers 1 meal/month PCB Dam to the state border Black crappie White crappie Based on advisories issued by Flathead catfish Ohio River Valley Water Largemouth bass Sanitation Commission Smallmouth bass Spotted bass Freshwater drum Sauger Walleye Carp 6 meals/year Channel catfish < 18" Hybrid Striped bass White bass Channel catfish > 18" Do Not Eat

Oil Creek (Venango Co.) SR 1004 bridge at Petroleum Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Center to mouth Shenango River (Mercer & Lawrence Co.) Pymatuning Dam to Channel Catfish 2 meals/month Mercury Shenango Reservoir Shenango River (Mercer & Lawrence Co.) Shenango Reservoir Dam to All Species Do Not Eat PCB mouth Sugar Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Tamarack Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire Lake Muskellunge 1 meal/month Mercury Walleye 2 meals/month Tionesta Creek (Warren and Forest Co.) SR 0666 bridge at Henrys Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Mills to Tionesta Reservoir All suckers dam

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Tionesta Reservoir (Forest Co.) Entire Lake Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Traverse Creek (Beaver Co.) Source to dam in Raccoon Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury State Park Tunungwant Creek (McKean Co.) Confluence of East and West Carp 2 meals/month Mercury Branches to PA/NY border All suckers Union City Reservoir (Erie Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury West Branch Caldwell Creek Entire Basin Brown trout 2 meals/month Mercury (Warren Co.) Youghiogheny Lake (Fayette and Somerset Entire Lake Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Co.) Youghiogheny River (Fayette and Youghiogheny Lake dam to Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury Somerset Co.) confluence of Lick Run

LAKE ERIE BASIN

Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant Lake Erie (Erie Co.) Open Waters Walleye 1 meal/month PCB Coho salmon* Steelhead* (Rainbow trout) Brown trout* Smallmouth bass White perch White bass Lake whitefish Carp < 20" Freshwater drum Lake trout < 30” Channel catfish Carp > 20" Do Not Eat PCB Lake trout > 30” Lake Erie (Erie Co.) Presque Isle Bay Smallmouth bass 1 meal/month PCB Northern pike White perch Freshwater drum Bowfin Carp Coho salmon* Steelhead* (Rainbow Trout) Brown Trout* Conneaut Creek (Erie Co.) SR 0215 bridge to PA/OH Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury border * Salmon and trout are migratory. They may be found seasonally in Presque Isle Bay or Lake Erie tributary streams. Trout, salmon and other fish, whether caught in the lake or tributaries, should be treated as Lake Erie fish.

POTOMAC RIVER BASIN * There are currently no advisories for the Potomac River Basin, however the statewide advisory of 1 meal/week does apply to all waters throughout the Commonwealth including the Potomac River Basin.

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