Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0350-0026
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2021-08-03T04:00Z

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*
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 

Template Notes:
* Data for these fields are needed in order to include the data in the Water Quality Exchange (WQX). 
Use "N/A" for data Not Applicable
Use "UKN" for data Not Available or Unknown

                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                Table B-2. Fish Tissue Template  -  Continued 
                                       N
                                       O
                                       P
                                       Q
                                       R
                                       S
                                       T
                                       U
                                       V
                                       W
                                       X
                                       Y
                                       Z
                                      AA
AGE
SEX
COMPOSITE
[Y/N] *
NUMBER FISH*
LENGTH*
MIN_LENGTH
MAX_LENGTH
LENGTH UNIT*
STD_LENGTH
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

Template Notes:
* Data for these fields are needed in order to include the data in the Water Quality Exchange (WQX)
Use "N/A" for data Not Applicable
Use "UKN" for data Not Available or Unknown

                Table B-2. Fish Tissue Template  -  Continued 
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                                      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 for these fields are needed in order to include the data in the Water Quality Exchange (WQX). 
     Use "N/A" for data Not Applicable
     Use "UKN" for data Not Available or Unknown