Mercury content in commercial fishes of the Barents Sea (based on long-term data)
Journal: Trudy VNIRO
Year: 2023

The aim: to study the amount of mercury found in muscle tissue and liver of the main commercial fish species of the Barents Sea. Research material was comprised of fish samples collected during the expeditions of “PINRO” named after Knipovich in the Barents Sea in 2009-2020. The study was based on muscle and liver samples taken from cod, haddock, long rough dab, Greenland halibut, plaice and spotted catfish. Over 1500 samples were analyzed. Novelty: for the first time a comparative analysis of H