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MN PCA - Minnesota Fish Contaminant Database

Minnesota state fish data
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Overview

Minnesota state fish contaminant database, a cooperative effort from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Health, and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Initiated 1967. THg and ancillary data on sportfish fillets, with emphasis on northern pike and walleye.

Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Agency/Project Website: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/
Medium: fish
Start Date: 1967

Contact

Bruce Monson, Environmental Information and Reporting
bruce.monson@state.mn.us

Address
520 Lafayette Rd. N
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone: 651-757-2579 Fax: 651-297-8676

Name of datasetMinnesota Fish Contaminant Database
Geographic areaMinnesota
State/ProvinceMN
Activity CategoryMonitoring
Mediumfish
Focal speciesall sportfish, but emphasis on northern pike and walleye
Tissue Typesfillet
Approximate size of dataset31000
Positional data available?yes
Start Date1967
End Date2008
StatusOngoing
Collection seasonsummer, fall
Collection MonthsJune-October
Current # Of Sampling Locationsvaries
Historic # Of Sampling Locations1200 lakes, 50 rivers
Size of Sampling Areastate of Minnesota
Individual or composite samples?Both Individual and Composite
Ecosystem Focuswater bodies of Minnesota
Data UseUnrestricted
Quality Assuranceyes
Data FormatMicrosoft Access, Microsoft Excel
Hg MeasurementsTHg
Hg Measurement Weightww
Ancillary Dataage, weight, length
BRI has data?yes
Data downloadable on external website?no
Dataset Linkshyperlink ALLFish (xls)