Revised: September 10, 2021

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES - 2021

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.)
Brodhead Creek (Monroe Co.) Entire Basin Rock Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Brady’s Lake (Monroe Co.) Entire Lake Chain pickerel 6 meals/year Mercury
Yellow perch 1 meal/month
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 American eel
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
Schuylkill River 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
Lehigh River (Northampton Co.) Confluence of Saucon Creek Carp 1 meal/month PCB
to mouth American eel
Little Bushkill Creek Lake Maskenozha to mouth American eel 2 meals/month Mercury
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
Neshaminy Creek (Montgomery and Entire Basin All species Do Not Eat PFOS
Bucks Co.)
Pennypack Creek (Montgomery and Entire Basin American Eel 1 meal/month PCB
Philadelphia Co.)
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

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Red Clay Creek (Chester Co.) Entire Basin, based on All species 3 meals/year PCB
advisories issued by DDT
Delaware Dept. of Natural Dioxins
Resources and Chlorinated-
Environmental Control Pesticides
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
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.)
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 1 meal/month Mercury

Black Moshannon State Park Lake (Centre Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Co.) Chain pickerel
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

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Smallmouth bass 1 meal/month

Conestoga River (Lancaster Co.) Slackwater to mouth Rock bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Cowanesque River and Reservoir (Tioga Cowanesque River Mouth to Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Co.) PA/NY border
Black crappie 1 meal/month
Yellow perch
Largemouth bass
Elk Lake (Sullivan County) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Chain Pickerel
First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek-George Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
B. Stevenson Dam (Sinnemahoning State
Park) (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 All Species 2 meals/month Mercury
Hamilton Lake (Tioga Co. Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Hammond Lake (Tioga Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Jacks Creek (Mifflin Co.) Paintersville Bridge to mouth Bluegill 1 meal/month PCB
Rock bass
Fallfish
Kettle Creek Lake (Kettle Creek State Entire Lake Black crappie 2 meals/month Mercury
Park) (Clinton Co.) Yellow perch
Largemouth bass 1 meal/month
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
Little Pine Creek (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 Point State Park
Shumans Lake (Sullivan Co.) Entire Lake Chain pickerel 2 meals/month Mercury

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

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 River (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 2 meals/month
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 Flathead catfish >
Cumberland, York, and Lancaster Co.) 30”
Flathead catfish > Mercury
30”
Tioga Reservoir (Tioga Co.) Entire Reservior Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Towanda Creek (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
Lycoming, Union and Northumberland confluence with Susquehanna Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury
Co.) River
White Deer Creek (Clinton, Centre, Union Entire Basin Brown trout 2 meals/month Mercury
Co.)
Wyalusing Creek (Bradford Co.) SR 0706 bridge at Camptown Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
to mouth
Yellow Breeches Creek (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

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Allegheny Reservoir (Warren and McKean Entire Lake Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Co.)
Allegheny River (Warren, Forest & Kinzua Dam to Lock & Dam Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Venango Co.) 7 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
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 Largemouth bass
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

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

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
Geneva Swamp (Crawford Co.) Entire Marsh Bowfin 1 meal/month Mercury
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 2 meals/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

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
Carp Do Not Eat

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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

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.) Shenango Reservoir Dam to All Species Do Not Eat PCB
mouth
Sugar Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire Lake Largemouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Chain Pickerel
Tamarack Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire Lake Muskellunge 1 meal/month Mercury
Walleye 2 meals/month
Tenmile Creek (Washington and Greene Entire Basin Freshwater drum 1 meals/month Mercury
Co.)
Tionesta Creek (Warren and Forest Co.) SR 0666 bridge at Henrys Smallmouth bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Mills to Tionesta Reservoir All suckers
dam
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

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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
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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