Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Last updated - August 8, 2012

Derived from : http://www.tn.gov/environment/wpc/publications/pdf/advisories.pdf

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's (TDEC) Division of Water Pollution Control issues advisories for the consumption of fish from certain Tennessee waters. The following information is subject to change and was copied from TDEC's website. Concerned individuals should visit TDEC's site for more information about these advisories, bacteriological advisories, and tips on how to reduce risks from contaminated fish.

Contact TDEC's Water Pollution Control office at (615) 532-0625 for specific information regarding aquatic contaminants or affected waters.

 

Waterway	County	Portion	Pollutant	Comments
Beech Reservoir	Henderson	Entirety	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth bass.*
Cypress Creek	Shelby	Entirety	Chlordane, other Pesticides,  PCBs.	Do not eat any fish.
Loosahatchie River	Shelby	Mile 0.0 - 17.0	Chlordane, other Organics, Mercury	Do not eat any fish.
McKellar Lake	Shelby	Entirety	Chlordane, other Organics, Mercury	Do not eat any fish.
Mississippi River	Shelby	MS stateline to just downstream of Meeman-Shelby State Park	Chlordane, other Organics,   Mercury	Do not eat any fish, commercial fishing prohibited by TWRA.
North Fork Forked Deer River	Dyer, Gibson	Mouth of Middle Fork Forked Deer River to State Hwy 188	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth bass.*
Nonconnah Creek	Shelby	Mouth to Kansas Street	Chlordane, other Organics	Do not eat any fish, advisory ends at Horn Lake Road Bridge.
Wolf River	Shelby	Mouth to Germantown Rd.	Chlordane, other Organics, Mercury	Do not eat any fish.
Beech Creek	Wayne	Mouth to Origin	Mercury	Do not eat any fish. Avoid contact with sediment.
Buffalo River	Humphreys,   Perry	Mouth upstream to Hwy 438	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for smallmouth bass.*
Duck River	Humphreys, Hickman	Mouth of Buffalo River to Interstate 40	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass.*
Woods Reservoir	Franklin	Entirety	PCBs	Catfish should not be eaten.
Boone Reservoir	Sullivan, Washinton	Entirety	PCBs, Chlordane	Precautionary advisory for carp and catfish.*
Chattanooga Creek	Hamilton	Mouth to GA stateline	PCBs, Chlordane	Do not eat any fish, also avoid contact with water.
East Fork of Poplar Creek and Poplar Creek Embayment	Anderson, Roane	Mouth to New Hope Pond	Mercury, PCBs	Do not eat any fish, also avoid contact with water.
Emory River	Roane, Morgan	Highway 27 upstream to Camp Austin Road Bridge	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for all fish.*
Fort Loudoun      Reservoir	Loudon, Knox, Blount	Entirety	PCBs Mercury (upper portion only)	Commercial fishing for catfish prohibited by TWRA. No catfish or largemouth bass over two pounds should be eaten. Do not eat largemouth bass from the Little River embayment. Due to mercury, precautionary advisory for any sized largemouth bass from Highway 129 to the confluence of Holston and French Broad Rivers. *
French Broad River	Cocke	Rankin Bridge to Hwy 321 near Newport	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth bass.*
Hiwassee River	Meigs, McMinn, Bradley	Highway 58 upstream to railroad bridge upsteam of Highway 11	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth bass.*
Holston River	Sullivan, Hawkins	Mouth of Poor Valley Creek Embaymant upstream to confluence of the North and South Forks of the Holston	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for all fish.*
Melton Hill Reservoir	Knox, Anderson	Entirety	PCBs	Catfish should not be eaten.
Nickajack Reservoir	Hamilton, Marion	Entirety	PCBs	Precautionary advisory for catfish.*
Norris Reservoir	Campbell, Anderson, Union, Claiborne, Grainger	Clinch River portion (Powell River embayment not included)	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth bass, striped bass, smallmouth bass, and sauger.*
North Fork Holston River	Sullivan, Hawkins	Mile 0.0 - 6.2	Mercury	Do not eat any fish. Advisory goes to TN/VA stateline.
Sequatchie River	Marion	TN River upstream to Hwy 283 near Whitewell	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth bass.*
South Holston Reservoir	Sullivan	Portion in TN	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth bass.*
Tellico Reservoir	Loudon, Monroe	Entirety	PCBs, Mercury	Catfish should not be eaten.
Watauga Reservoir	Carter, Johnson	Entirety	Mercury	Precautionary advisory for largemouth bass and channel catfish.*
Watts Bar Reservoir	Roane, Meigs, Rhea, Loudon	TN River portion	PCBs	Catfish, striped bass, and hybrid striped bass should not be eaten. Precautionary advisory for white bass, sauger, carp, smallmouth buffalo, and largemouth bass.*
Watts Bar Reservoir	Roane, Anderson	Clinch River Arm	PCBs	Striped bass should not be eaten, precautionary advisory for catfish and sauger.*

 

*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.