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Oregon Fish Advisories & Health Alerts:     

The dates listed for the fish advisories below reflect the date the fish advisory was posted. All advisories listed below are active. Advisories with seemingly "old" dates are still active advisories. They may have older dates because the contaminant of concern lasts a long time in the environment or because there are limited resources to re-sample the fish.

Antelope Reservoir and Jordan Creek

• Elevated levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Antelope Reservoir and Jordan Creek, in Malheur County. The advisory, posted December 12, 1989, remains active.

Bonneville Dam 

• Elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCB's, have been found in Smallmouth Bass caught from Bonneville Dam upstream to Ruckel Creek. The advisory, posted May 21, 2009, remains active. 
• There is no longer a shellfish advisory for crayfish and Asian clams. A 2002 shellfish advisory for harvesting and consuming crayfish and Asian clams at Bonneville Dam was lifted May 21, 2009.

Brownlee Reservoir (See Snake River below) 

Lower Columbia River 

• Washington and Oregon  issued a joint Lower Columbia River fish advisory for women who may become pregnant, are pregnant or nursing, and for small children. The advisory includes a variety of fish and contaminants. The advisory, posted May 13, 1996 remains active.

Lower Columbia Slough 

• A PCB Advisory for fish caught in the lower Columbia Slough was issued November 2, 1993, and remains active.

Cooper Creek Reservoir 

• Elevated levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Cooper Creek Reservoir, in Douglas County. The advisory, posted February 12, 2001, remains active.

Cottage Grove Reservoir 

• Elevated levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Cottage Grove Reservoir, in Lane County. The advisory, posted April 22, 2004, remains active.

Dorena Reservoir 

• Elevated levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Dorena Reservoir, located in Lane County. The advisory, posted April 22, 2004, remains active.

East Lake

• A Mercury advisory was revised for fish caught in East Lake, in Newberry Crater,  Deschutes County. The revised advisory, posted July 9, 1996 remains active.

Emigrant Reservoir

• Elevated levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Emigrant Reservoir in Jackson County. The advisory, posted January 18, 2006, remains active.

Galesville Reservoir 

• Elevated levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Galesville Reservoir, in Douglas County. The advisory, posted February 12, 2001, remains active.

Owyhee Reservoir 

• Elevated Levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Owyhee Reservoir, in Malheur County. The advisory, posted February 10, 1994, remains active.

Owyhee River 

• Elevated Levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Owyhee River, upstream from Owyhee Reservoir, in Malheur County. The advisory, posted November 27, 1996 remains active.

Plat "I" Reservoir 

• Elevated Levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish from Plat "I" Reservoir, in Douglas County. The advisory, posted February 23, 2000, remains active.

Portland Harbor 

• Elevated levels of PCBs have been found in resident fish caught from the Portland Harbor - the area between Sauvie Island and the Freemont Bridge. Resident fish are those species that live within a confined territory for their entire lives. These include carp, bass, and catfish.  Non-resident fish such as Salmon and Steelhead are not included in the advisory, posted June 16, 2004. 

Snake River, (including Brownlee Reservoir)

• Elevated Levels of Mercury have been found in sport-caught fish From the Snake River, including Brownlee Reservoir. The advisory, posted April 28, 1997, remains active.

Willamette River 

• Elevated Levels of Mercury have been found in the Willamette River.  The Department of Human Resources, Office of Environmental Public Health, advises that all species of Willamette River resident fish in the mainstem of the Willamette River should be eaten only in moderate amounts. Resident fish are those species that live within a confined territory for their entire lives. This advisory does not relate to migrating ocean fish such as salmon, steelhead, shad or lampreys. The advisory, posted November 20, 2001, remains active.

Willamette River - McCormick and Baxter 

• Toxic contamination has been found in the Willamette River sediment near the McCormick & Baxter Creosote Company plant.  Preliminary tests of the sediment suggest that fish, crayfish and other organisms caught near the plant may be unsafe to eat. This advisory, posted June 2, 1991, remains active.