6100-069 Fish Tissue Template

[This is a draft template for the purposes of the Fish ICR renewal. Prior to the collection of information, EPA will work with states and tribes to revise the template for collecting fish tissue data, as needed.]

Table B-2. Fish Tissue Data Template

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

ADVISORY

STATE OR TRIBE*

AGENCY or ORGANIZATION*

CONTACT

SITENAME*

LOCATION

MONITORING LOCATION ID*

LAT_DD*

LONG_DD*

SAMPLE ID*

SAMPLE DATE*

SAMPLE TYPE*

FISH SPECIES*

Advisory Name - Typically a waterbody (links fish tissue data with associated fish advisory reported in Table 1,if any)

Name of state of tribe supplying data

Agency or organization responsible for the data

Agency responsible for the data

Waterbody name

Location of collection within water body

Unique identifier for the monitoring location

X coordinate of collection location (NAD83)

Y coordinate of collection location (NAD83)

Unique sample identifier

Date sample was taken

Sample type (fillet, whole body, fillet skin on, etc).

Species name

Table B-2. Fish Tissue Template – Continued

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

AA

FISH SPECIES AGE

FISH SPECIES SEX

COMPOSITE [Y/N] *

NUMBER FISH*

FISH LENGTH*

MIN_LENGTH

MAX_LENGTH

LENGTH UNIT*

STD_LENGTH

FISH WEIGHT

MIN_WEIGHT

MAX_WEIGHT

STD_WEIGHT

WEIGHT UNIT

Age of organism

Sex of organism

Is fish sample a composite [Y/N]

Number of individual fish in sample

Length of individual fish sample

Minimum length of composite

Maximum length of composite

Fish length units

Standard deviation of length of composite

Weight or average weight

Minimum weight of composite

Maximum weight of composite

Standard deviation of weight of composite

Fish weight units

Table B-2. Fish Tissue Template – Continued

BB	CC	DD	EE	FF	GG	HH	II	JJ	KK	LL	MM
PREPARATION*	ANALYTE/CONTAMINANT NAME*	RESULT NUMBER*	RESULT UNIT*	RESULT QUALIFIER	DETECT*	REPORTING LIMIT*	REPORTING LIMIT_UNIT*	DETECTION LIMIT	DETECTION LIMIT_UNIT	BASIS*	COMMENTS
Portion of fish analyzed	Name of Contaminant	Contaminant concentration [Populate non-detects as "ND”]	Contaminant concentration units	Analytical qualifiers	Analyte detected [Y/N]	Minimum reporting limit	Reporting limit units	Limit of Detection	Detection limit units	Results reported as dry weight or wet weight [Dry or Wet]

_{Template Notes: * Data are needed for these fields in order to include in the Water Quality Exchange (WQX).}

_{Use "N/A" for data Not Applicable}

_{Use "UKN" for data Not Available or Unknown}

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