Posted Streams, Rivers, and in

Tennessee Division of Water Resources

For more information about streams, rivers, and reservoirs posted for bacteriological or tissue contamination, please contact 1-888-891-TDEC (8332).

When streams or lakes are found to

The Commissioner shall have have significantly elevated bacteria the power, duty, and levels or when fish tissue contaminant responsibility to…post or levels exceed risk-based criteria, it is cause to be posted such signs the responsibility of the Department of as required to give notice to Environment and Conservation to post the public of the potential or warning signs so that the public will be actual dangers of specific aware of the threat to public health. uses of such waters. Tennessee Water Quality Control Consistent with EPA guidance, any Act stream or in Tennessee with an advisory is assessed as not meeting the recreational designated use. Clearly, if fishermen cannot safely eat the fish they catch, the waterbody is not supporting its goal to be fishable. Likewise, streams and lakes with high levels of bacteria are not suitable for recreational activities such as swimming or wading.

Bacteriological Contamination

The presence of pathogens, disease-causing organisms, affects the public’s ability to safely swim, wade, and fish in streams and reservoirs. Pathogen sources include failing septic tanks, collection system failure, failing animal waste systems, or urban runoff. About 122 river miles are posted due to bacterial contamination.

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Bacteriological Advisories in Tennessee (August 2020. This list is subject to revision.)

East Tennessee

Stream Portion County Comments Bristol urban runoff and Beaver Creek to Virginia Line Sullivan nonpoint sources in (Bristol) (20.0 miles) Virginia. Cash Hollow From Knob Creek to Big Johnson City urban Washington Creek Hollow (Mile 0.0 to 1.4) runoff.

Lake City STP. Coal Creek STP to Clinch R. (4.7 miles) Anderson

Oak Ridge urban runoff East Fork Mouth to New Hope Pond Roane, and collection system Poplar Creek (Mile 15.0) Anderson issues. From Topeka Street to Knoxville urban runoff First Creek Ashwood Place (Mile 0.2 to Knox and collection system 1.5) issues. Knoxville urban runoff From Mouth to headwaters Second Creek Knox and collection system (2.9 miles) issues. Knoxville urban runoff Goose Creek Entire Stream (4.0 miles) Knox and collection system issues. Pine Creek Mile Mouth to Litton Fork (0.0 to 10.1) East Fork of Mouth to Park Road (Mile 0.0 Pine Creek to 0.8) Litton Fork of From Mouth to Grave Hill Oneida collection Pine Creek Road (Mile 0.0 to 1.0) Scott system and septic North Fork of tanks. Entire Stream (1.5 miles) Pine Creek

From Mouth to unnamed South Fork of tributary near Carson Pine Creek Cemetery (Mile 0.0 to 0.7)

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East Tennessee cont.

Stream Portion County Comments

Sinking Creek From point of subsidence to Washington Urban runoff and Catbird Creek (Mile 0.0 to livestock. 2.8)

From Fort Loudoun Reservoir Knoxville urban runoff Third Creek to East Fork (Mile 0.0 to 1.4), Knox and collection system at Highway 40 (Mile 3.3) issues.

From Third Creek to Knoxville urban runoff East Fork of Middlebrook Pike (Mile 0.0 to Knox and collection system Third Creek 0.8) issues. Morristown urban From Mouth to Henry Street Turkey Creek Hamblen runoff and collection (Mile 0.0 to 5.3) system issues. Improper connections Beech Branch Entire stream (1.0 mile) to storm sewers, Sevier collection system Dudley Creek Entire stream (5.7 miles) issues, and failing septic tanks.

Southeast Tennessee

Stream Portion County Comments Chattanooga urban Mouth to headwaters Creek Hamilton runoff and collection (7.3 miles) system issues. Chattanooga Chattanooga collection Mouth to GA line (7.7 mi.) Hamilton Creek system issues. Stringers From Mouth to Ormand Chattanooga collection Hamilton Branch Drive (Mile 0.0 to 5.4) system issues.

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Middle Tennessee

Stream Portion County Comments Manchester Old Stone Fort State Park Little Coffee collection system (2.3 miles) issues. Nashville Area

Brown’s Creek Main Stem (4.3 miles)

From Mouth to the second Dry Creek bend of the creek (Mile 0.0 to 0.1)

Mouth to Neeley’s Branch Gibson Creek (Mile 0.0 to 0.2) Metro Nashville From Mouth to unnamed collection system McCrory Creek Davidson tributary (Mile 0.0 to 0.2) overflows and urban runoff. Tributary to From Mouth to driveway McCrory Creek (Mile 0.0 to 0.1

From Mouth to West Park Richland Creek (Mile 0.0 to 2.2)

Bordeaux Bridge (Mile Cumberland River 185.7) to Woodland Street Bridge (Mile 190.6)

West Tennessee

Stream Portion County Comments Memphis urban Entire Stream (7.7 runoff and Cypress Creek Shelby miles) collection system issues.

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Fish Tissue Contamination

Fish are an important part of a balanced diet and a good source of low fat protein. They also provide essential fatty acids that are crucial for the proper functioning of the nervous system and help prevent heart disease. The Department recommends that residents and visitors continue to eat fish from Tennessee rivers and reservoirs, but they should also follow the published advisories on consumption hazards in individual reservoirs.

Approximately 194,987 reservoir acres and 547 river miles are currently posted due to contaminated fish. The contaminants most frequently found at dangerous levels in fish tissue are PCBs, mercury, chlordane, and other organics.

Organic substances and mercury tend to bind with the sediment, settle out of the water, and persist for a very long time. In the sediment, they become part of the aquatic food chain and, over time, concentrate in fish tissue. Contaminants can be found in fish tissue even if the substance has not been used or manufactured in decades.

Waterbodies where fish tissue has levels of contamination that pose a higher than acceptable risk to the public are posted and the public is advised of the danger. Signs are placed at main public access points and a press release is submitted to local newspapers. The list of advisories is also published in TWRA’s annual regulations. If needed, TWRA can enforce a fishing ban.

Where contaminants are elevated in fish, they may also be present in other aquatic life as well. Therefore, the public is advised to limit or avoid consumption of other animals such as turtles, crayfish and mussels in waterbodies with a fishing advisory.

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the U.S. Environment Protection Agency, issued a mercury advisory for the consumption of fish and shellfish by pregnant women, nursing mothers, young children, and women who might become pregnant. The advisory specifically warns this sensitive sub-population to avoid eating fish with elevated mercury levels: Shark, Swordfish, King Mackerel, and Tilefish. For more information see EPA’s website: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fishadvice/advice.html

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Reducing Risks from Contaminated Fish

The best way to protect yourself and your family from eating contaminated fish is by following the advice provided by the Department of Environment and Conservation. Cancer risk is accumulated over a lifetime of exposure to a carcinogen (cancer- causing agent). For that reason, eating an occasional fish, even from an area with a fishing advisory, will not measurably increase your cancer risk.

At greatest risk are people who eat contaminated fish for years, such as recreational or subsistence fishermen. Some groups of people like children or people with a previous occupational exposure to a contaminant are more sensitive to that pollutant. Studies have shown that contaminants can cross the placental barrier in pregnant women to enter the baby’s body, thereby increasing the risk of developmental problems. These substances are also concentrated in breast milk.

The Division’s goal in issuing fishing advisories is to provide the information necessary for people to make informed choices about their health. People concerned about their health will likely choose not to eat fish from contaminated sites.

If you choose to eat fish in areas with elevated contaminant levels, here is some advice on how to reduce this risk:

1. Throw back the big ones. Smaller fish generally have lower concentrations of contaminants.

2. Avoid fatty fish. Organic carcinogens such as DDT, PCBs, and dioxin accumulate in fatty tissue. Large carp and catfish tend to have more fat than gamefish. Moreover, the feeding habits of carp, sucker, buffalo, and catfish tend to expose them to the sediments, where contaminants are concentrated. In contrast, however, mercury tends to accumulate in muscle tissue and will tend to concentrate in higher levels in gamefish.

3. Wash fish before cleaning. Some contaminants are concentrated in the mucus, so fish should be washed before they are skinned and filleted.

4. Broil or grill your fish. These cooking techniques allow the fat to drip away. Frying seals the fat and contaminants into the food.

5. Throw away the fat if the pollutant is PCBs, dioxin, chlordane or other organic contaminants. Organic pesticides tend to accumulate in fat tissue, so cleaning the fish so the fat is discarded will provide some protection from these contaminates.

6. If the pollutant is mercury, do not eat the fish. Fish from the North Fork Holston and East Fork Poplar Creek are likely to be contaminated with mercury, which is concentrated in the muscle tissue. Therefore, the best choice is to totally avoid eating this fish. It is very important that children not eat fish contaminated with mercury. Many developmental problems in children have beenDivision linked of Water to elevatedResources –mercury Posted Streams levels. Rivers & Reservoirs (Page 6 of 24) Rev 08/2020

Fish Tissue Advisories in Tennessee (August, 2020. This list is subject to revision.)

West Tennessee

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments Precautionary advisory for Beech Reservoir Henderson Entirety (877 acres) 06040001 Mercury largemouth bass.* From embayment on Henry, mouth on Kentucky Big Sandy River Benton, Precautionary advisory for Reservoir to 06040005 Mercury and Embayment Carroll and all bass species.* headwaters. (Mile 0.0 Henderson to 59.0) Chlordane, Other Cypress Creek Shelby Entirety (7.7 miles) 08010210 Do not eat the fish. Pesticides, PCBs. Chlordane, Loosahatchie Mile 0.0 – 17.0 (Hwy 14, Other Shelby 08010209 Do not eat the fish. River Austen Peay Highway) Organics, Mercury Chlordane, McKellar Lake Other Shelby Entirety (13 miles) 08010100 Do not eat the fish. Organics, Mercury Mississippi state line to Chlordane, Do not eat the fish. just downstream of Other Shelby 08010100 Commercial fishing Meeman-Shelby State Organics, prohibited by TWRA Park (31 miles) Mercury

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West Tennessee Cont.

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments From Mouth to Horn Chlordane, Do not eat the fish. Nonconnah Shelby Lake Road(Mile 0.0 to 08010211 Other Advisory ends at Horn Lake Creek 1.8) Organics Road bridge. From the mouth of the North Fork Middle Fork Forked Deer Precautionary advisory for Forked Deer Dyer, Gibson River (Mile 17.6) 08010204 Mercury largemouth bass.* River upstream to State Highway 188 (Mile 23.6)

Springville Bottom (West Impounded area Precautionary advisory for Sandy Creek Henry upstream of West Sandy 06040005 Mercury all bass and crappie.* dewatering Dike (36,850 acres) area)

Chlordane, From Mouth to Other Wolf River Shelby Germantown Road (Mile 08010210 Do not eat the fish. Organics, 0.0 – 18.9) Mercury

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Middle Tennessee

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

From mouth to origin Do not eat the fish. (Mile 16.7) including Avoid contact with sediment Beech Creek Wayne 06040001 Mercury between Leatherwood Embayment. Branch and Smith Branch.

From the mouth Humphreys, Precautionary advisory for Buffalo River upstream to Highway 06040004 Mercury Perry .* 438 (Mile 31.6)

From mouth of Buffalo Precautionary advisory for Humphreys, River (Mile 15.8) Duck River 06040003 Mercury black bass (largemouth, Hickman upstream to Interstate smallmouth and spotted).* 40 (Mile 31.8)

From confluence with West Fork Stones River on J. Percy Priest East Fork Stones Precautionary advisory for Rutherford Reservoir extending 05130203 Mercury River all bass species. upstream to Betty Ford Road near Lascassas (15.4 miles)

Precautionary advisory for Normandy Bedford Entirety (3260 acres) 06040002 Mercury black bass (largemouth, Reservoir Coffee smallmouth and spotted).*

Woods Reservoir Franklin Entirety (3,908 acres) 06030003 PCBs Catfish should not be eaten.

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East Tennessee

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments Abrams Creek Blount From mouth on 06010204 Mercury Precautionary advisory for Chilhowee Reservoir smallmouth bass.* upstream to Abrams Falls (14.6 miles) within National Park. Sullivan, Entirety PCBs, Precautionary advisory for Boone Reservoir 06010102 Washington (4,400 acres) chlordane carp and catfish.*

Mouth to Georgia Chattanooga PCBs, Hamilton Stateline 06020001 Fish should not be eaten. Creek chlordane (11.9 miles) Granger, Precautionary advisory for Hamblen, black bass (largemouth, Entirety ( 28,780 acres) 06010104 Mercury Reservoir Hawkins, smallmouth, spotted) and Jefferson Catfish.* From the mouth at the Cumberland, Obed River upstream to Precautionary advisory for Daddy’s Creek 06010208 Mercury Morgan Interstate 40 near mile smallmouth bass.* 20. East Fork of Poplar East Fork of Creek from mouth to Poplar Creek New Hope Pond (Mile including Poplar Anderson, Mercury, 15.0) 06010207 Fish should not be eaten. Creek Roane PCBs

embayment and Bear Creek from mouth Bear Creek to Hwy 95 (Mile 2.8)

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East Tennessee cont.

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

From Highway 27 near Harriman (Mile 12.4) Roane, Precautionary advisory for Emory River upstream to the mouth 06010208 Mercury Morgan all fish.* of the Obed River at mile 28.4.

Commercial fishing for catfish prohibited by TWRA. Catfish, or largemouth bass over two pounds, should not be eaten. Do not eat PCBs largemouth bass from the

Fort Loudoun Loudon, Entirety Little River embayment. 06010201 Mercury Reservoir Blount (14,600 acres) Due to mercury, (Upper precautionary advisory for portion only) any sized largemouth bass from Highway 129 to the confluence of Holston and French Broad Rivers (534 acres).*

From Rankin Bridge French Broad (Mile 71.4) to Hwy 321 Precautionary advisory for Cocke 06010105 Mercury River near Newport (Mile largemouth bass.* 77.5)

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East Tennessee cont.

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

From Highway 58 (Mile Meigs, 7.4) upstream to the Precautionary advisory for Hiwassee River McMinn, railroad bridge just 06020002 Mercury largemouth bass.* Bradley upstream of U. S. Highway 11 (Mile 18.9)

From John Sevier retention weir (Mile 106.2) upstream to the Hawkins, Precautionary advisory for all confluence of the North 06010104 Mercury Sullivan fish.* and South Forks of the Holston near Kingsport (Mile 142.3) U.S. Highway 129 bridge Precautionary advisory for near Maryville (mile 2.6) Little River Blount 06010201 Mercury black bass (largemouth, to “the sinks” near river smallmouth and spotted).* mile 41.5.

Melton Hill Knox, Entirety 06010207 PCBs Catfish should not be eaten. Reservoir Anderson (5,690 acres)

Nickajack Hamilton, Entirety Precautionary advisory for 06020001 PCBs Reservoir Marion (10,370 acres) catfish.*

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East Tennessee cont.

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments Precautionary advisory the entire length within Tennessee for black bass Cocke, (largemouth, smallmouth Entire length in Tennessee Greene, and spotted). Nolichucky from Douglas Reservoir to Hamblen, 06010108 Mercury Precautionary advisory for River North Carolina state line Unicoi, channel catfish in the lower (99.21 miles). Washington portion from Douglas Reservoir to the mouth of Bent Creek at river mile 14.9.* Campbell, Clinch River portion Precautionary advisory for Anderson, Norris (Powell River embayment largemouth bass, striped Union, 06010205 Mercury Reservoir not included in advisory) bass, smallmouth bass, and Claiborne, (15,213 Acres) sauger.* Grainger North Fork Sullivan, Mile 0.0 - 6.2 Do not eat the fish. 06010101 Mercury Holston River Hawkins (VA stateline) Advisory goes to TN/VA line.

Parksville Precautionary advisory for Reservoir Polk Entirety (1907 acres) 06020003 PCBs catfish.* (Ocoee #1) From mouth upstream to Precautionary advisory for Pigeon River Cocke Vinson Island at Interstate 06010106 Mercury smallmouth bass and 40 crossing (mile 12.4). channel catfish.*

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East Tennessee cont.

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

From the Tennessee River Sequatchie (Mile 0.0) upstream to Precautionary advisory for Marion 06020004 Mercury River State Highway 283 near largemouth bass.* Whitwell (Mile 22.1)

South Holston Portion within Tennessee Precautionary advisory for Sullivan 06010102 Mercury Reservoir (7,206 acres) largemouth bass.*

Tellico Loudon, Entirety PCBs Precautionary advisory for 06010204 Reservoir Monroe (16,500 acres) catfish.*

Precautionary advisory for Watauga Carter, Entirety (6,427 acres) 06010103 Mercury largemouth bass and Reservoir Johnson channel catfish.*

Striped bass should not be Watts Bar Roane, Clinch River Arm (1,000 eaten. Precautionary 06010201 PCBs Reservoir Anderson acres) advisory for catfish and sauger.

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East Tennessee cont.

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

Catfish, striped bass, & hybrid (striped bass-white Roane, bass) should not be eaten. Watts Bar Meigs, Tennessee River portion 06010201 PCBs Precautionary advisory for Reservoir Rhea, (38,000 acres) white bass, sauger, carp, Loudon smallmouth buffalo and largemouth bass.*

*Precautionary Advisory - Children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers should not consume the fish species named. All other persons should limit consumption of the named species to one meal per month.

Where contaminants are elevated in fish, they may also be present in other aquatic life as well. Therefore, the public is advised to limit or avoid consumption of other animals such as turtles, crayfish and mussels in waterbodies with a fishing advisory.

Additional national fish tissue advisories have been issued for the most sensitive sub-populations: pregnant women, nursing mothers, children, and women who could become pregnant. See the attached joint EPA and FDA advisory.

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Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish Return to Advisory on Mercury in Seafood See also Mercury in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program

Table 1. Fish and Shellfish With Highest Levels of Mercury

MERCURY CONCENTRATION (PP NO. OF M) SOURCE OF SPECIES SAMPLE DATA S MEAN MEDIAN MIN MAX

GULF OF MEXIC MACKEREL 0.73 NA 0.23 1.67 213 O KING REPORT 2000

FDA SURVEY SHARK 0.99 0.83 ND 4.54 351 1990-02

FDA SURVEY SWORDFISH 0.97 0.86 0.10 3.22 605 1990-02

TILEFISH NMFS REPORT (Gulf of Mexic 1.45 NA 0.65 3.73 60 1978 o)

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Table 2. Fish and Shellfish With Lower Levels of Mercury

MERCURY CONCENTRATION (PPM) NO. OF SPECIES SAMPLE SOURCE OF DATA MEA MEDIA S MIN MAX N N

0.3 NMFS REPORT ANCHOVIES 0.04 NA ND 40 4 1978

0.3 NMFS REPORT BUTTERFISH 0.06 NA ND 89 6 1978

0.3 FDA SURVEY 1990 CATFISH 0.05 ND ND 22 1 -02

FDA SURVEY CLAMS ND ND ND ND 6 1990-02

0.4 FDA SURVEY COD 0.11 0.10 ND 20 2 1990-03

0.6 FDA SURVEY CRAB 3 0.06 ND ND 59 1 1990-02

0.0 FDA SURVEY CRAWFISH 0.03 0.03 ND 21 5 2002-03

CROAKER 0.0 0.1 FDA SURVEY 0.05 0.05 21 (Atlantic) 1 0 1990-03

0.1 FDA SURVEY FLATFISH 2 0.05 0.04 ND 22 8 1990-02

0.0 FDA SURVEY HADDOCK 0.03 0.04 ND 4 4 1990-02

0.0 FDA SURVEY HAKE 0.01 ND ND 9 5 1990-02

0.1 NMFS REPORT HERRING 0.04 NA ND 38 4 1978

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0.0 0.5 FDA SURVEY JACKSMELT 0.11 0.06 16 4 0 1990-02

LOBSTER 0.2 FDA SURVEY 0.09 0.14 ND 9 (Spiny) 7 1990-02

MACKEREL 0.0 0.1 NMFS REPORT ATLANTIC 0.05 NA 80 2 6 1978 (N. Atlantic)

MACKEREL 0.0 0.1 NMFS REPORT 0.09 NA 30 CHUB (Pacific) 3 9 1978

0.1 NMFS REPORT MULLET 0.05 NA ND 191 3 1978

0.2 FDA SURVEY OYSTERS ND ND ND 34 5 1990-02

0.0 FDA SURVEY PERCH OCEAN ND ND ND 6 3 1990-02

0.0 FDA SURVEY PICKEREL ND ND ND 4 6 1990-02

0.7 FDA SURVEY POLLOCK 0.06 ND ND 37 8 1990-02

SALMON FDA SURVEY ND ND ND ND 23 (Canned) 1990-02

SALMON 0.1 FDA SURVEY (Fresh/Frozen 0.01 ND ND 34 9 1990-02 )

0.0 FDA SURVEY SARDINE 0.02 0.01 ND 22 4 2002-03

0.2 NMFS REPORT SCALLOPS 0.05 NA ND 66 2 1978

SHAD 0.2 NMFS REPORT 0.07 NA ND 59 (American) 2 1978

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0.0 FDA SURVEY SHRIMP ND ND ND 24 5 1990-02

0.4 NMFS REPORT SQUID 0.07 NA ND 200 0 1978

0.0 FDA SURVEY TILAPIA 0.01 ND ND 9 7 1990-02

TROUT 0.1 FDA SURVEY 0.03 0.02 ND 17 (Freshwater) 3 2002-03

TUNA 0.8 FDA SURVEY (Canned, 0.12 0.08 ND 131 5 1990-03 Light)

0.3 FDA SURVEY WHITEFISH 0.07 0.05 ND 25 1 1990-03

FDA SURVEY WHITING ND ND ND ND 2 1990-02

Table 3. Mercury Levels of Other Fish and Shellfish

MERCURY CONCENTRATION (PPM) NO. OF SOURCE OF SPECIES SAMPLE DATA MEA MEDIA MA S MIN N N X

BASS 0.0 0.9 FDA SURVEY 199 0.27 0.15 35 (Saltwater)1 6 6 0-03

0.1 0.6 BLUEFISH 0.31 0.30 22 FDA SURVEY 2002-03 4 3

0.0 0.4 BUFFALOFISH 0.19 0.14 4 FDA SURVEY 1990-02 5 3

0.0 0.2 CARP 0.14 0.14 2 FDA SURVEY 1990-02 1 7

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CROAKER 0.1 0.4 WHITE 0.29 0.28 15 FDA SURVEY 1990-03 8 1 (Pacific)

0.0 1.2 GROUPER 0.55 0.44 22 FDA SURVEY 2002-03 7 1

1.5 HALIBUT 0.26 0.20 ND 32 FDA SURVEY 1990-02 2

LOBSTER 0.0 1.3 (Northern/ 0.31 NA 88 NMFS REPORT 1978 5 1 American)

MACKEREL SPANISH 0.0 1.5 0.45 NA 66 NMFS REPORT 1978 (Gulf of 7 6 Mexico)

MACKEREL 0.0 0.7 SPANISH 0.18 NA 43 NMFS REPORT 1978 5 3 (S. Atlantic)

0.1 0.9 MARLIN 0.49 0.39 16 FDA SURVEY 1990-02 0 2

0.0 1.0 MONKFISH 0.18 NA 81 NMFS REPORT 1978 2 2

ORANGE 0.3 0.8 0.54 0.56 26 FDA SURVEY 1990-03 ROUGHY 0 0

PERCH 0.3 0.14 0.15 ND 5 FDA SURVEY 1990-02 (Freshwater) 1

0.7 SABLEFISH 0.22 NA ND 102 NMFS REPORT 1978 0

SCORPIONFIS 0.0 1.3 0.29 NA 78 NMFS REPORT 1978 H 2 5

0.0 0.6 SHEEPSHEAD 0.13 NA 59 NMFS REPORT 1978 2 3

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0.0 0.3 SKATE 0.14 NA 56 NMFS REPORT 1978 4 6

1.3 SNAPPER 0.19 0.12 ND 25 FDA SURVEY 2002-03 7

TILEFISH 0.0 0.5 0.15 0.10 17 FDA SURVEY 2002-03 (Atlantic) 6 3

TUNA 0.8 (Canned, 0.35 0.34 ND 179 FDA SURVEY 1990-03 5 Albacore)

TUNA 1.3 (Fresh/Froze 0.38 0.30 ND 131 FDA SURVEY 1990-02 0 n)

WEAKFISH 0.7 0.25 0.16 ND 27 FDA SURVEY 1990-03 (Sea Trout) 4

Source of data: FDA Surveys 1990-2003

“National Marine Fisheries Service Survey of Trace Elements in the Fishery Resource” Report 1978 ”The Occurrence of Mercury in the Fishery Resources of the Gulf of Mexico” Report 2000 Market share calculation based on 2001 National Marine Fisheries Service published landings data * Mercury was measured as Total Mercury and/or Methylmercury ND - mercury concentration below the Level of Detection (LOD=0.01ppm) NA - data not available 1 Includes: Sea bass/ Striped Bass/ Rockfish 2 Includes: Flounder, Plaice, Sole 3 Includes: Blue, King, Snow

Advisory on Mercury in Seafood Mercury in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program

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