James River Basin

JAMES RIVER BASIN

Mercury Fish Consumption Advisories PCB Fish Consumption Advisories Kepone Fish Consumption Advisories Dioxin and PCB Blue Crab Advisories (Hepatopancreas only)

WATERBODY AND AFFECTED AFFECTED LOCALITIES CONTAMINANT SPECIES ADVISORIES/RESTRICTIONS BOUNDARIES Redbreast Sunfish PCBs

Rock Bass

Maury River PCBs (from Buena Vista at Rt. 60 Rockbridge Co., No more than two meals/month ~15 miles to the confluence Buena Vista City Yellow Bullhead Catfish of the James River) PCBs

Carp PCBs

Amherst Co. Gizzard Shad James River Bedford Co., PCBs (from Big Island Dam Lynchburg City, Carp (below Blue Ridge Campbell Co., PCBs Parkway) downstream to Appomattox Co., the I-95 James River Nelson Co., Buckingham Co., American Eel Bridge in Richmond PCBs Albemarle Co., No more than two meals/month including its tributaries Fluvanna Co., Hardware River up to Rt. Flathead Catfish Cumberland Co., PCBs 6 bridge and Slate River Goochland Co., up to Rt. 676 bridge. Powhatan Co., Quillback Carpsucker These river segments Henrico Co., PCBs comprise ~234 miles). Chesterfield Co., Richmond City Gizzard Shad

PCBs DO NOT EAT

Carp

PCBs DO NOT EAT

Blue Catfish ≥ 32 inches

PCBs DO NOT EAT

Flathead Catfish ≥ 32 inches PCBs DO NOT EAT

Blue Catfish < 32 inches PCBs James River Richmond City, (from the I-95 James River Flathead Catfish Henrico Co., < 32 inches bridge in Richmond Chesterfield Co., PCBs downstream to the Hampton Charles City Co., Roads Bridge Tunnel and the Hopewell City, tidal portion of the following Channel Catfish Colonial Heights City, tributaries: Appomattox Petersburg City, PCBs River up to Lake Chesdin Dinwiddie Co., Dam, Bailey Creek up to Rt. Prince George Co., White Catfish 630, Poythress Run, Bailey Surry Co., Bay, Chickahominy River up PCBs James City., to Walkers Dam, Skiffes New Kent Co., Creek up to Skiffes Creek Largemouth Bass Isle of Wight Co., Dam, Pagan River and its PCBs Newport News City, tributary Jones Creek, Suffolk City, Chuckatuck Creek, Bluegill Sunfish Portsmouth City, Nansemond River and its PCBs Hampton City, tributaries Bennett Creek and Norfolk City, Star Creek, Hampton River, American Eel Chesapeake City, Willoughby Bay and the PCBs Virginia Beach City Elizabeth River system Quillback Carpsucker (Western Br., Eastern Br., Southern Br., and Lafayette PCBs

River) and tidal tributaries St. Julian Creek, Deep Creek, Smallmouth Bass No more than two meals/month and Broad Creek. These river PCBs segments comprise ~325 miles). Creek Chub

PCBs

Yellow Bullhead Catfish

PCBs

White Perch

PCBs

Striped Bass

PCBs

Bluefish PCBs

Croaker PCBs

Spot

PCBs

Blueback Herring

PCBs

Hickory Shad

PCBs

PCBs advisory is more restrictive. Follow the PCBs advisory for the species listed. Any fish All Species Kepone for species not listed, limit consumption to one meal per day. Blue Crab DO NOT EAT crab’s hepatopancreas (Hepatopancreas only) (“mustard,” green gland, tomalley). This Southern Branch of the advisory applies only to avoiding eating the Portsmouth City, crab’s hepatopancreas or “mustard”(image Elizabeth River and its tidal Chesapeake City, PCBs, Dioxins below). Crab meat is not subject to this tributaries advisory. Norfolk City ( ~ 23miles)

Redear Sunfish

Mercury

Largemouth Bass

Mercury Harrison Lake Charles City Co. No more than two meals/month (entire lake, ~ 82 acres) Chain Pickerel Mercury

Bowfin

Mercury

Largemouth Bass Mercury

Chain Pickerel

Chickahominy Lake Charles City Co. Mercury No more than two meals/month (entire lake, ~1230 acres) New Kent Co.

Bowfin

Mercury

Gizzard Shad Mill Creek City of Hampton PCBs No more than two meals/month (entire creek) near Fort Monroe

*A meal is considered to be an eight-ounce (half-pound) serving of fish.

This fish consumption advisory provides meal recommendations on eating certain fish species caught from specified waterbodies. It is recommended to follow the guidance presented on this advisory to reduce your total exposure to fish contaminants. For further information regarding waterbodies sampled or the fish tissue sampling process, contact the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. For questions about human health risks from exposure to fish contaminants, contact the Virginia Department of Health's Division of Environmental Epidemiology at 804-864-8182.

This fish consumption advisory is reviewed annually. No changes or updates are required to this advisory based on review of existing data.