CONTAMINATION OF A RIVER SYSTEM AND FISH POPULATION BY PCBs
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FIGURE 13.22 Although the most contaminated river sediments were found within 80 kilometers below Hudson Falls, some of the million-plus pounds of PCBs discharged there eventually found their way down the entire lower portion of the river system. Striped bass, Morone saxatilis, one of the most prized commercial and sport fishes along the Atlantic Coast, cannot be fished commercially in areas near the Hudson River due to the possibility of PCB contamination.
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