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MERCURY IN THE FAROE ISLANDS — A REVIEW OF AVAILABLE DATA
Species Matrix N Hg Cd Cu Pb Se
Orange roughyc, 1993 Muscle 6 0,78
Orange roughyc, 1993 Muscle 6 0,55
Redfish f, 1994 Muscle 25 0,18
Redfish f, 1994 Liver 25 4,26 0,025 1,74
Daba March-Dec. '96,4yrs Muscle 101 0,03
Daba March-Dec '96, 4 yrs Liver 101 0,93 7,28 <0,15
Long rough daba March'96, 5,6 yrs Muscle 21 0,05
Long rough daba March'96, 5,6 yrs Liver 21 0,41 8,87 <0,15
Long rough daba Sep.'96, 10,2 yrs Muscle 34 0,12
Long rough daba Sep.'96, 10,2 yrs Liver 34 0,4 8,12 <0,15
Tunac Nov.'97 Muscle 1 0,24
Tunac Nov.'97 Liver 1 0,13
Greenland halibute May'1999 Muscle 25 # 0,096 11 (0,039) 0,004 0,3 <0,03 2,9
Greenland halibutc May'1999 Liver 23 0,033 2> 0,79 (0,59) 12,1 (13,5) <0,03 <1
Sculpind 1999 Liver 39 0,25 0,26 1,27
Sculpind 2000 Liver 23 1,12 0,76 1,46
Scu!pind 2001 Liver 25 0,13 0,56 1,63
Codf Nov.'94, 3 yrs£, 53cm Muscle 25 0,01
Codf Nov.'94, 3 yrs£, 53cm Liver 25 0,07 0,004 1,03
Codb Oct. '97 3,5 yrs, 59 cm Muscle 44 0,028
Codb Oct.'97, 3,5 yrs, 59 cm Liver 44 0,18 4,99 <0,15
Codc Oct.'2000, 2 yrs£, 49cm Muscle 10 0,017(0,0036)
Codc Oct.'2000, 2 yrs£, 48 cm Muscle 15 # 0,015
Codc Oct'2000, 4 yrs£, 65 cm Muscle 10 0,026 (0,0089)
Codc Oct'2000, 4 yrs£, 64 cm Muscle 14 # 0,036
Cods Oct'2000, 4 yrs£, 64 cm Muscle 24 # <0,0002 0,0107
Codc Nov'2001, 2 yrs£, 45 cm Muscle 25 (0,006)0,022
Codc Nov'2001, 2 yrs£, 45 cm Muscle 25* <0,002 0,138 <0,02
Codc Nov'2001, 2 yrs£, 47 cm Liver 19* 0,005 8,24 <0,15
Haddocc Nov'2001,2 yrs£, 38 cm Muscle 25 <0,012
Haddocc Nov'2001,2 yrs£, 38 cm Muscle 25 <0,002 0,154 <0,02
Hađdocc Nov'2001,2 yrs£, 38 cm Liver 20* 0,005 4,29 <0,15
Halibutc May 2002, 1,6 kg Muscle 10 0,023 (0,006) 0,68 (0,22)
(gutted weight), 52 cm
£ According to thc statistics of the Fishery laboratory of the Faroe Island (Steingrund, pers commn.).
11 N=25 (individual samples).
2) N=25 (pooled sample).
* One or more pooled samples
Table 11 Concenlrations of mercury and selenium (in mg/kg) in marinefish from the Faroe Islands in the period
1993 - 2001. Sources: a. Dam 1998; b. Larsen and Dam 1999; c. Heilsufrødiliga starvsstovan; d. Olsen et al.,
2003; e. Grøsvik et al., 2000 ; f. Stange et al„ 1996 and g. Gregersen, 2001