Technical Report

Yarra and Maribyrnong estuaries: Investigation of contaminants in fish

EPA Victoria 40 City Road, Southbank Victoria 3006 AUSTRALIA

Publication 1094 January 2007

ISBN 0 7306 7659 5 © EPA Victoria 2007

Herring Island

p34 Bream (sample no.11):

p,p,DDD 0.011mg/kg

Mulloway (sample no.13):

p,p,DDE 0.023mg/kg

Mulloway (sample no. 14):

p,p,DDE 0.016mg/kg

Eel (sample no. 16):

Dieldrin 0.036mg/kg, p,p,DDE 0.035mg/kg, p,p,DDD 0.013mg/kg, p,p,DDT 0.012mg/kg

Eel (sample no. 17)

Dieldrin 0.071mg/kg, p,p,DDE 0.056mg/kg, p,p,DDD 0.013mg/kg

Eel (sample no. 18)

Heptachlor Epoxide 0.022mg/kg, Dieldrin 0.075mg/kg, p,p,DDE 0.08mg/kg, p,p,DDD 0.031mg/kg, Endrin 0.012mg/kg

2006 April/May: Pesticides in Fish etc Yarra River Herring Island. Pesticides: Multiple