Department of Ecology Fish Tissue and Hatcheries Studies

Spokane Watershed

–  Persistent Organic Pollutants in Feed and Rainbow Trout from Selected Trout Hatcheries (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0603017.html)

 –  Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program: Toxic Contaminants in Fish Tissue and Surface Water in Freshwater Environments, 2003  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0603019.html)

–  Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program: Contaminants in Fish Tissue from Freshwater Environments in 2004 and 2005  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0703024.html)

–  Analysis of Fish Tissue from Long Lake (Spokane River) for PCBs and Selected Metals (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0203049.html

–  An Assessment of the PCB and Dioxin Background in Washington Freshwater Fish, with Recommendations for Prioritizing 303(d) Listings  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1003007.html)

 Quality Assurance Project Plan: Little Spokane River PCBs in Fish Tissue Verification Study  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1403127.html)

–  Quality Assurance Project Plan: Freshwater Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1303111.html)

 Quality Assurance Project Plan: PCB and Dioxin Levels in Resident Fish from Washington Background Lakes and Rivers  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/0803102.pdf)

–  Addendum 1 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Freshwater Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1303112.pdf)

–  PCBs, PBDEs, and Selected Metals in Spokane River Fish, 2005 (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0603025.html)

–  Quality Assurance Project Plan: Analysis of Fish from Long Lake, Washington, for PCBs and Selected Metals  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0203088.html)

–  An Ecological Hazard Assessment for PCBs in the Spokane River (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0103015.html)

Other Watersheds

–  PCBs, Dioxins, and Furans in Fish, Sediment, and Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent from West Medical Lake  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1003038.pdf)

–  Background Characterization for Metals and Organic Compounds in Northeast Washington Lakes, Part 2: Fish Tissue  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1103054.pdf)

–  Spatial Trends in TCDD/TCDF Concentrations in Sediment and Bottom Fish Collected in Lake Roosevelt (Columbia River)  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/9129.html)

 –  Fish Consumption Rates Technical Support Document – Version 2.0 FINAL  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1209058.html)

–  Responses to Public Comments on Fish Consumption Rate Issues  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1209055.html)

–  Vancouver Lake PCBs, Chlorinated Pesticides, and Dioxins in Fish Tissue and Sediment (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0703017.html)

–  Snake River Fish Tested for Chemicals  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1103067.pdf)

–  Fish from Lake Chelan and Wenatchee River Tested for Chemicals   (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1203024.pdf)

–  Lake Chelan DDT and PCBs in Fish Total Maximum Daily Load Study  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0503014.html)

–  Quality Assurance Project Plan: South Puget Sound Fish and Shellfish Tissue Verification of 303(d) Listings  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0503116.html)

–  Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic Contaminants in Pelagic Marine Fish Species from Puget Sound  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1110003.html)

–  Contaminants in Fish and Clams in Sinclair and Dyes Inlets  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/92e09.html)

–  Quality Assurance Project Plan: Surface Sediment and Fish Tissue Chemistry in Greater Elliott Bay (Seattle  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0803103.html)

–  PCB Concentrations in Fish from Ward Lake (Thurston County) and the Lower Elwha River (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/99338.html)

–  Quality Assurance Project Plan: Verification of 303(d) Listings for Fish Tissue in the Skagit and Pend Oreille Rivers  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/0403115.pdf)

 Quality Assurance Project Plan: Vancouver Lake PCBs, Chlorinated Pesticides, and Dioxins Fish Tissue Investigation  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0603101.html)

–  Pesticides/PCBs Analysis of McNary Pool Fish. Memo to Russ Taylor   (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/88e16.pdf)

–  Draft: Analysis and Selection of Fish Consumption Rates for WA State Risk Assessments  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/99200.html)

 Occurrence and Significance of DDT Compounds and Other Contaminants in Fish, Water, and Sediment from the Yakima River Basin  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/865.html)

 –  Potholes Reservoir: Screening Survey for Dieldrin, Other Chlorinated Pesticides, and PCBs in Fish, Water, and Sediments  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1003053.html)

–  TMDL Technical Assessment of DDT and PCBs in the Lower Okanogan River Basin  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0303013.html)

 Palouse River Chlorinated Pesticide and PCB Total Maximum Daily Load: Water Quality Improvement Report and Implementation Plan  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0703018.htmlhttps://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0303013.html)

 –  Background Characterization for Metals and Organic Compounds in Northeast Washington Lakes, Part 1: Bottom Sediments  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1103035.pdf)

–  General Characterization of PCBs in South Lake Washington Sediments  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1003014.html)

Other Toxics

–  Addendum 2 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Freshwater Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1403122.pdf)

 –  Quality Assurance Project Plan: PBDE Flame Retardants in Spokane River Fish Tissues and Osprey Eggs  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0903108.html)

–  PBTs Analyzed in Bottom Fish from Four Washington Rivers and Lakes: Hexabromocyclododecane, Tetrabromobisphenol A, Chlorinated Paraffins, Polybrominated Diphenylethers, Polychlorinated Naphthalenes, Perfluorinated Organic Compounds, Lead, and Cadmium  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1203042.html)

–  An Assessment of the Chlorinated Pesticide Background in Washington State Freshwater Fish and Implications for 303(d) Listings  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1303007.pdf)

–  Quality Assurance Project Plan: Analyzing Chlorinated Pesticide Residues in Fish from Washington Background Lakes  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1103108.html)

–  DDT in Osoyoos Lake Fish  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/98337.pdf)

–  PBDEs Flame Retardants in Washington Rivers and Lakes: Concentrations in Fish and Water, 2005-06  (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0603027.html)