Fish Consumption Guidelines for the General Population, Rivers

Fish Consumption Guidelines for the General Population, Rivers

River Name, Location

BASSETT CR., Hennepin Co.

Species Unrestricted

White Sucker All sizes

Meal Advice

1 meal / week 1 meal / month

- -

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

BIG FORK R., Koochiching Co.


Northern Pike -

Redhorse Sucker -

Walleye -

White Sucker -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

-

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

All sizes

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

BLACKDUCK R., Beltrami Co.


Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

Mercury

BLACKHOOF R., Carlton Co.


Brook Trout All sizes

Brown Trout -

1 meal / week

-

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury

BLUE EARTH R., above Rapidan Dam


Channel Catfish -

Quillback -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

BLUE EARTH R., below Rapidan Dam


Carp -

Channel Catfish -

Quillback -

Sauger -

Smallmouth Bass -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

BOIS DE SIOUX R., Wilkin Co.


Carp -

Channel Catfish -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

BUFFALO CR., McLeod Co.


Carp -

1 meal / week

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

Mercury

BUFFALO R., Clay Co.


Channel Catfish -

Redhorse Sucker -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

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River Name, Location Meal Advice

CANBY CR., Yellow Medicine Co.

Species Unrestricted 1 meal / week 1 meal / month Do Not Eat Contaminants

White Sucker All sizes - - - -

CANNON R., Fairbault to Northfield



CANNON R., Northfield to Byllesby Res.


Walleye - All sizes - - Mercury


CANNON R., Byllesby Res. to Mississippi R.


Carp - - All sizes - Mercury PCBs

Rock Bass All sizes - - - -

Smallmouth Bass All sizes - - - -

CEDAR R., above Mill Pond Dam, Austin


Bullhead - All sizes - - Mercury

Largemouth Bass - All sizes - - Mercury

Redhorse Sucker - All sizes - - Mercury

River Carpsucker - All sizes - - Mercury


CEDAR R., below Mill Pond Dam, Austin


Carp - All sizes - - PCBs


Smallmouth Bass All sizes - - - -

White Sucker - All sizes - - Mercury

CENTER CR., Martin Co.


Bullhead All sizes - - - -


CHIPPEWA R., Chippewa Co.


Walleye All sizes - - - -




CLEARWATER R., Red Lake Co.


Channel Catfish -

Northern Pike -

Redhorse Sucker -

Smallmouth Bass -


Meal Advice


All sizes -

All sizes -

All sizes -

All sizes -

- -

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

-

CLOQUET R., St. Louis Co.


Bluegill Sunfish -

Redhorse Sucker -

Rock Bass -

Smallmouth Bass -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

COLD SPRING BR., Wabasha Co.


Brown Trout All sizes

1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

COTTONWOOD R., Brown Co.


Carp -

Channel Catfish -

Quillback All sizes

Walleye -


1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

-

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

-

Mercury

-

CROOKED CR., Houston Co.




1 meal / week

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

CROOKED CR., Pine Co.




Rainbow Trout All sizes


1 meal / week

-

-

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

-

-




CROW R., Wright Co.


Carp - All sizes - - Mercury

Smallmouth Bass - All sizes - - Mercury

CROW R., N FORK



Channel Catfish - All sizes - - Mercury

Northern Pike - All sizes - - Mercury



CROW R., S FORK


Carp All sizes - - - -

Crappie All sizes - - - -





CROW WING R., Cass Co.


Bluegill Sunfish All sizes - - - -


Redhorse Sucker All sizes - - - -


DARK R., St. Louis Co.


Brook Trout All sizes - - - -

Brown Trout All sizes - - - -

DES MOINES R., Jackson Co.




DES MOINES R., W FORK








EAST INDIAN CR., Wabasha Co.



Meal Advice


- -

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

ELK R., Sherburne Co.


Carp -

Northern Pike -

Redhorse Sucker All sizes

Smallmouth Bass -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

-

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

-

Mercury

Mercury

EMBARRASS R., St. Louis Co.


Burbot -

Redhorse Sucker -

Rock Bass -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

FORT RIDGELY CR., Renville Co.




1 meal / week

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

GARVIN BROOK, Winona Co.



White Sucker -

1 meal / week

-

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury

GILMORE CR., Winona Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

GOOSEBERRY R., Lake Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

GRAND PORTAGE CR., Cook Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

HAWK CR., Renville Co.


Carp All sizes

Walleye -

1 meal / week

-

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury




HAY CR., Goodhue Co.




Meal Advice


- -

- -

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

HIGH ISLAND CREEK, Sibley Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

JOHNSON R., St. Louis Co.


Crayfish All sizes

1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

JUNCO CR., Cook Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

KABEKONA R., Hubbard Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

KETTLE R., Pine Co.

Species

Channel Catfish

Northern Pike

Redhorse Sucker

Rock Bass

Smallmouth Bass

Walleye

White Sucker

Unrestricted

-

-

-

All sizes

-

-

-

1 meal / week

-

All sizes

All sizes

-

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

All sizes

-

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

-

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

KIMBALL CR., Cook Co.




1 meal / week

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

KNIFE R., Lake Co.

Species

Brook Trout

Unrestricted

All sizes

1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

LAC QUI PARLE R., Lac Qui Parle Co.


Channel Catfish -

Northern Pike -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury




LE SUEUR R., Blue Earth Co.


Buffalo - All sizes - - Mercury

Carp - - All sizes - PCBs

Channel Catfish - All sizes - - PCBs


LEAF R., Wadena Co.



LEECH LAKE R., Cass Co.




Yellow Perch - All sizes - - Mercury

LESTER R., St. Louis Co.



Rainbow Trout - All sizes - - Mercury

LITTLE FORK R., Koochiching Co.



Quillback - All sizes - - Mercury

Redhorse Sucker - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs

Sauger - All sizes - - Mercury



LITTLE KNIFE R., WEST BRANCH, Lake Co.



LONG PRAIRIE R., Todd Co.




Rock Bass - All sizes - - Mercury


Yellow Perch All sizes - - - -

LUXEMBURG CR., Stearns Co.






MANITOU R., Lake Co.



Meal Advice


- -

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

MARSH R., Norman Co.


Bluegill Sunfish All sizes

Northern Pike -


1 meal / week

-

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury

-

MILL CR., Fillmore Co.




1 meal / week

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

MILLER CR., St. Louis Co.



Brown Trout -

1 meal / week

-

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

PFOS

MILLER CR., Wabasha Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

MINNESOTA R., above Granite Falls


Carp -

Channel Catfish -

Crappie All sizes

Freshwater Drum -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

-

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

-

Mercury

Mercury

MINNESOTA R., below Granite Falls



Buffalo -

Carp All sizes

Channel Catfish -

Flathead Catfish -

Freshwater Drum -

Quillback All sizes

Sauger -

Walleye -

White Bass -


1 meal / week

-

All sizes

-

All sizes

shorter than 35"

All sizes

-

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

35" or longer

-

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury

-

PCBs

Mercury

Mercury

-

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury PCBsPFOS

-




MISSISSIPPI R., Lake Itasca to Ottertail Power Dam




Crappie - All sizes - - Mercury




Sunfish All sizes - - - -




MISSISSIPPI R., Ottertail Power Dam to Knutson Dam











MISSISSIPPI R., Knutson Dam to Cohasset Dam














MISSISSIPPI R., Grand Rapids Dam to Brainerd Dam











Sunfish - All sizes - - Mercury

Walleye - shorter than 19" 19" or longer - Mercury


MISSISSIPPI R., Brainerd Dam to Little Falls Dam











MISSISSIPPI R., Little Falls Dam to Blanchard Dam


Carp - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs












MISSISSIPPI R., Blanchard Dam to Sartell Dam




Channel Catfish All sizes - - - -








MISSISSIPPI R., Sartell Dam to St. Cloud Dam


Channel Catfish All sizes - - - -



Redhorse Sucker - All sizes - - PCBs

Rock Bass - - All sizes - Mercury




MISSISSIPPI R., St. Cloud Dam to Coon Rapids Dam




Channel Catfish - - All sizes - Mercury PCBs





Sucker - All sizes - - Mercury



MISSISSIPPI R., Coon Rapids Dam to St. Anthony Falls












MISSISSIPPI R., St. Anthony Falls to Ford Dam, Pool 1







MISSISSIPPI R., Ford Dam to Hastings Dam, Pool 2


Bluegill Sunfish - All sizes - - PFOS

Buffalo - All sizes - - PCBs

Carp - - All sizes - PCBsPFOS


Crappie - All sizes - - PFOS

Flathead Catfish - - All sizes - Mercury PCBs

Freshwater Drum - All sizes - - Mercury PFOS

White Bass - - All sizes - Mercury PCBsPFOS

Fish near Lock and Dam No. 2 may have higher levels of PFOS than those in other areas of Pool 2. See MPCA report for more information. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=19516

MISSISSIPPI R., Hastings Dam to Red Wing, Pool 3



Buffalo - - All sizes - Mercury PCBs

Carp - - All sizes - Mercury PCBsPFOS

Channel Catfish - - All sizes - PCBs


Flathead Catfish - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs

Freshwater Drum - All sizes - - Mercury

Largemouth Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PFOS

Northern Pike - All sizes - - PFOS

Sauger - All sizes - - Mercury PFOS

Smallmouth Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PFOS

Walleye - - All sizes - Mercury PCBsPFOS



http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=19516



MISSISSIPPI R., Red Wing to Kellogg Dam, Pool 4





Channel Catfish - - All sizes - PCBs


Flathead Catfish - - All sizes - Mercury PCBs

Freshwater Drum - - All sizes - Mercury PCBs


Northern Pike - All sizes - - PFOS



Walleye - All sizes - - PCBsPFOS



MISSISSIPPI R., Kellogg Dam to LaMoille Dam, Pools 5, 5A & 6








Freshwater Drum - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs

Largemouth Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PFOS

Northern Pike - All sizes - - Mercury PFOS



Walleye - All sizes - - Mercury PFOS

White Bass - - All sizes - Mercury PCBs





MISSISSIPPI R., LaMoille Dam to Reno Dam, Pools 7 & 8



Bowfin - All sizes - - Mercury






Freshwater Drum - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs

Largemouth Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs



Smallmouth Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs


White Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs


MISSISSIPPI R., Reno Dam to Iowa Border, Pool 9



Bowfin - All sizes - - Mercury

Buffalo - - All sizes - PCBs





Freshwater Drum - All sizes - - PCBs






White Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs


MUSTINKA R., Traverse Co.



NEMADJI R., Carlton Co.









NOKASIPPI R., Crow Wing Co.


Walleye -

Meal Advice


All sizes -

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

Mercury

PARTRIDGE R., St. Louis Co.


Bluegill Sunfish -

Bullhead All sizes

Northern Pike -

Rock Bass -

Walleye -

White Sucker -

Yellow Perch -

1 meal / week

All sizes

-

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

-

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

PIGEON R., Cook Co.

Species

Northern Pike

Unrestricted

-

1 meal / week

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

Mercury

PINE R., Crow Wing Co.


Northern Pike -

White Sucker -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

PIPESTONE CR., Pipestone Co.


Carp -

1 meal / week

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

Mercury

POMME DE TERRE R., Stevens Co.


Carp All sizes

Crappie All sizes

Northern Pike -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

-

-

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

Mercury

Mercury

PRAIRIE R., Itasca Co.


Northern Pike -

Walleye -

White Sucker -

Yellow Perch -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury




RAINY R.,



Lake Sturgeon All sizes - - - -

Northern Pike - shorter than 31" 31" or longer - Mercury









RAMSEY CR., Redwood Co.



Rainbow Trout All sizes - - - -


RED LAKE R., above Thief River Falls Dam





RED LAKE R., below Thief River Falls Dam








Sauger - - All sizes - Mercury






RED R.,






Northern Pike - shorter than 25" 25" or longer - Mercury



Walleye - shorter than 18" 18" or longer - Mercury

REDEYE R., Wadena Co.




REDWOOD R., Redwood Co.







ROCK R., Rock Co.





ROOT R., Fillmore Co.



Brown Trout - All sizes - - PCBs


Rainbow Trout All sizes - - - -



ROOT R., Houston Co.







ROSEAU R., Kittson Co.


Carp -

Channel Catfish -

Northern Pike -

Walleye -

White Sucker -

Meal Advice


All sizes -

- All sizes

All sizes -

- All sizes

All sizes -

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

RUM R., Anoka Co.

Species

Carp

Northern Pike

Redhorse Sucker

Smallmouth Bass

Walleye

White Sucker

Unrestricted

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

RUSH R., Sibley Co.

Species

Channel Catfish

Redhorse Sucker

Unrestricted

-

All sizes

1 meal / week

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

-

SANDHILL R., Polk Co.


Channel Catfish -

Redhorse Sucker -

Sauger -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

SAUK R., above Melrose Dam



Northern Pike -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

-

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury

Mercury

SAUK R., Melrose Dam to Cold Spring


Northern Pike -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

SAUK R., Cold Spring to St. Cloud


Smallmouth Bass -


1 meal / week

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

-




SEVEN MILE CR., Nicollet Co.



Meal Advice


- -

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

SHELL ROCK R., Freeborn Co.


Carp -

1 meal / week

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

PCBs

SNAKE CR., Wabasha Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

SNAKE R., Pine Co.

Species

Bluegill Sunfish

Crappie

Northern Pike

Redhorse Sucker

Smallmouth Bass

Walleye

Yellow Perch

Unrestricted

All sizes

-

-

All sizes

-

-

All sizes

1 meal / week

-

All sizes

All sizes

-

All sizes

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury

Mercury

-

Mercury

Mercury

-

SPRING/HINDERMAN CR., Brown Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-




ST. CROIX R., above Stillwater








Mooneye - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs



Rock Bass All sizes - - - -



Walleye - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs

White Bass - - All sizes - Mercury PCBs

ST. CROIX R., Stillwater to Mississippi River



Buffalo - shorter than 22" 22" or longer - Mercury PCBs








Sauger All sizes - - - -



White Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PCBsPFOS




ST. LOUIS R., above Cloquet







Sunfish - All sizes - - Mercury




ST. LOUIS R., Cloquet to Fond du Lac Dam



Channel Catfish - shorter than 20" 20" or longer - Mercury







ST. LOUIS R., Fond du Lac Dam to Lake Superior



Channel Catfish - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs


Lake Sturgeon All sizes - - - -



Smallmouth Bass - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs



White Sucker - All sizes - - Mercury PCBs


STONEY BROOK, Cass Co.




STRAIGHT R., Hubbard Co.






STRAIGHT R., Steele Co.


Carp All sizes

Walleye -


Meal Advice


- -

All sizes -

- -

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury

-

STURGEON R., St. Louis Co.


Mooneye -

Northern Pike -

Redhorse Sucker -

Smallmouth Bass -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

All sizes

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

SUCKER CR., Meeker Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

SUNRISE R., Chisago Co.


Redhorse Sucker -

Smallmouth Bass All sizes

1 meal / week

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

-

SWAN R., Aitkin Co.

Species

Northern Pike

Smallmouth Bass

White Sucker

Unrestricted

-

-

All sizes

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

-

SWAN R., St. Louis Co.


Burbot -

1 meal / week

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

Mercury

TAMARACK R., Marshall Co.


Northern Pike -

Sauger -

Walleye -

White Sucker -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury




THIEF R., Marshall Co.


Northern Pike -


Rock Bass -

Smallmouth Bass -

Walleye -


Meal Advice


All sizes -

- -

All sizes -

All sizes -

All sizes -

- -

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

-

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

-

TOAD R., Otter Tail Co.



Yellow Perch All sizes

1 meal / week

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

TROUT BR., Dakota Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

UPPER IOWA R., Mower Co.



Crappie -


Smallmouth Bass All sizes

1 meal / week

-

All sizes

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

Mercury

-

-

VERMILION R., St. Louis Co.


Northern Pike -

Redhorse Sucker -

Smallmouth Bass -

Walleye -

White Sucker -

Yellow Perch -

1 meal / week

All sizes

-

-

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

All sizes

All sizes

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

VERMILLION R., Dakota Co.


Carp -

Crappie All sizes

Walleye -


1 meal / week

All sizes

-

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

PCBs

-

PCBs

-

WARROAD R., Roseau Co.


Northern Pike -


1 meal / week

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

-




WATONWAN R., Blue Earth Co.


Carp -

Channel Catfish All sizes

Walleye -

Meal Advice


All sizes -

- -

All sizes -

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

-

Mercury

WELLS CR., Goodhue Co.




1 meal / week

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

WEST INDIAN CR., Wabasha Co.




1 meal / week

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

WHITEFACE R., St. Louis Co.


Channel Catfish -

Northern Pike -

Redhorse Sucker -

Smallmouth Bass -

Walleye -

White Sucker -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

All sizes

1 meal / month

-

-

-

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

WHITEWATER R., Winona Co.





1 meal / week

-

-

-

1 meal / month

-

-

-

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

-

-

-

WILD RICE R., Norman Co.


Channel Catfish -

Redhorse Sucker -

Walleye -

1 meal / week

All sizes

All sizes

-

1 meal / month

-

-

All sizes

Do Not Eat

-

-

-

Contaminants

Mercury

Mercury

Mercury

WILLOW CR., Stearns Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-

YELLOW BANK R., Lac Qui Parle Co.



1 meal / week

-

1 meal / month

-

Do Not Eat

-

Contaminants

-




YELLOW MEDICINE R., Yellow Medicine Co.





ZUMBRO R., Wabasha Co.


Bass - All sizes - - Mercury









Walleye - - All sizes - Mercury

White Bass - All sizes - - Mercury


Notes:

R. - River, CR. - Creek PCBs - Polychlorinated biphenyls PFOS - Perfluorooctane sulfonate

Contaminants listed were measured at levels high enough to warrant a recommendation to limit consumption.

Listing of consumption advice does not imply the fish are legal to keep, MN DNR fishing regulations should be consulted.

MN DNR fishing regulations http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/fishing/index.html

PFOS - Perfluorooctane sulfonate http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/hazardous/topics/pfcs/index.html

PCBs - Polychlorinated biphenyls http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish/faq.html

Meal Advice http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish/eating/meal.html

Mercury http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish/faq.html

Dioxin http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/risk/chemhazards/dioxins.html


http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/fishing/index.html

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish/faq.html

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/hazardous/topics/pfcs/index.html

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/risk/chemhazards/dioxins.html

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish/faq.html

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish/eating/meal.html

Fish Consumption Guidelines for the General Population, Rivers

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