The available database comprises research projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology active in the time period 2003-2022.
BlueBio is an ERA-NET COFUND created to directly identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy.

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Last Update: 2024/06/19

Baseline mackerel
Fisheries
Baseline study of heavy metals and POPs in Northeast Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
National Programme
National
Sylvia Frantzen
sfr@nifes.no
NIFES - National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (Norway)
NA - Not available (Not available), 
2007
2010
€ NA
NA
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) was sampled for this baseline study from 2007 to 2009 in the central fishing area for the species in the North Sea, Skagerrak, Norwegian Sea and also West of Scotland. Sampling was undertaken by the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen. About 800 fillet samples were analysed for POPs and 800 for metals. Even though mackerel has a very high fillet lipid content the level of POPs in terms of sum of dioxins and dioxinlike PCBs was around 1 and well below the upper limit of 8 ng (1998) TEQ/kg ww. The results for metals were also low except far o few cadmium values above the 0,05 limit for Cd in fish muscle. The results are used for planning a monitoring system for the species.
Toxic substances; Impacts; Mackerel; Fish; Food safety;
Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa) Norwegian Sea (27.IIa) Northern North Sea (27.IVa) Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
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