Fish/Shellfish
An example of a migratory fish
What are salmon, steelhead or shad?
In the year 2025...
When is clean up of the river beginning?
Skin fish, remove fat/head/tail/guts
What is one way to reduce PCB exposure?
Contaminant levels increase in an organism over time
What is bioaccumulation?
Potentially Responsible Parties
Who are the polluters?
An example of a resident fish
What are carp, catfish, or bass?
Approximately 13 years
What is the time it will take to clean up the river?
They don't live their whole lives in the river
Why are migratory fish healthier to eat?
*DAILY DOUBLE* Contaminant levels increase up the food chain
What is biomagnification?
Ship building, storing petroleum products/gas, lumber manufacturing
What industries historically operated along the Lower Willamette River?
A resident fish you can eat 2 of per month
What is a Crappie?
When the flow of clean sediment naturally covers contaminated sediment
What is monitored natural recovery?
A contaminant that can not be removed through cooking or cleaning a fish
What is Mercury?
Fetuses and small children
Who is most at risk from contamination in fish/shellfish?
Historically a fishing and camping site for the Tribes
What is Cathedral Park?
*DAILY DOUBLE* Illegal to harvest in the LWR except for Tribes
What are mussels or clams?
A process of placing clean material over contaminated sediment
What is capping?
About the size and thickness of your hand
What is a meal size for fish?
The main contaminant of concern in fish
What are Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs?
An agency that manages the inwater portion of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
From the Sellwood Bridge to the Columbia and up the Multnomah Channel to the Sauvie's Island Bridge
What are the boundaries of the Lower Willamette River fish advisory?
A process of removing contaminated sediment from a water body
What is dredging?
An agency that provides the latest fish advisory and consumption information across the state
What is the Oregon Health Authority?
2 developmental effects of exposure to PCBs in utero or while breastfeeding
What are difficulty gaining weight, explaining concepts, paying attention and remembering things?
In the year 2000...
When was the Portland Harbor Superfund Site established?