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Chesapeake Bay

Waterbody and Affected Boundaries	Affected Localities	Contaminant	Species	Advisories/Restriction
Lake Trashmore (entire lake, ~55 acres) (Mercury, 9/30/04; PCBs, 12/13/04)	Virginia Beach City	Mercury	Largemouth Bass	No more than two meals/month
	Virginia Beach City	PCBs	Carp	No more than two meals/month
Lake Whitehurst including Little Creek Reservoir (entire lake, ~ 673 acres) Mercury, 9/30/04; PCBs, 12/13/04; modified 10/7/09)	Norfolk City , Virginia Beach City	PCBs, Mercury	Carp	No more than two meals/month
	Norfolk City , Virginia Beach City	PCBs	Gizzard Shad	No more than two meals/month
Little Creek (~4 miles ) near US Naval Reservation Little Creek Amphibious Base. (12/13/04)	Norfolk City and Virginia Beach City	PCBs	Spot	No more than two meals/month
		PCBs	Croaker
		PCBs	Gizzard Shad
Chesapeake Bay (mainstem) and its small coastal tidal tributaries (~1,462 sq. miles) (12/13/04)	Chesapeake Bay	PCBs	Anadromous (Coastal) Striped Bass	No more than two meals/month
Eastern Branch Lynnhaven River (~6 miles) (12/13/04)	Virginia Beach City	PCBs	Gizzard Shad	No more than two meals/month
Mobjack Bay and tributaries particularly East River, North River and Ware River (~55 sq. miles) (12/13/04)	Mathews Co. and Gloucester Co.	PCBs	Gizzard Shad	No more than two meals/month
Tabb Creek (entire creek, ~2 miles) near Langley Air Force Base, a tributary of Northwest Branch Back River (12/13/04; modified 10/7/09)	Hampton City, Poquoson City	PCBs	Gizzard Shad	DO NOT EAT
		PCBs	Croaker	No more than two meals/month
		PCBs	Striped Bass	No more than two meals/month
		PCBs	Blue Crab	No more than two meals/month
		PCBs	Oyster	No more than two meals/month
Dragon Run Swamp (entire length)/ Piankatank River near King and Queen County Route 620 downstream ~46 miles to Deep Point Boat Landing (State Route 606) on the Piankatank River across from Piankatank Shores (10/29/03; modified 7/27/05)	Essex Co., Middlesex Co., King and Queen Co., and Gloucester Co.	Mercury	Largemouth Bass	No more than two meals/month
Poquoson River tidal portion and its tributary Chisman Creek (10/7/09)	York Co. and Poquoson City	PCBs	Gizzard Shad	No more than two meals/month
Piankatank River from Rt. 17 downstream ~11 miles to Deep Point Boat Landing (State Route 606) across from Piankatank Shores (10/7/09)	Middlesex Co. and Gloucester Co.	PCBs	Gizzard Shad	No more than two meals/month

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Last Updated: 03-29-2013

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