TABLE
8.2. Lipid content and percentage EFA of total fatty acids in marine species."
Lipid, % of
%Sum
%Sum
fresh weight
%EPA
%DHA
%AA
w3
w6
w3/w6
Atlantic salmon (farmed) (Salmo salar)
14-23
5.6
9.0
0.4
20.4
5.2
3.9
Trout (farmed) (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
10
4.6
12.8
0.4
22.4
4.6
4.9
Mackerel (Sc'omber scombus)
3-30
5.7
13.7
0.5
25.0
2.5
10.0
Herring (Clupea harenxus)
14
9.4
9.9
0.3
24.8
1.7
14.6
Sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
18
6.1
12.9
0.2
24.2
1.6
15.1
Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
10
2.7
2.9
0.4
7.7
2.1
3.7
Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
13
3.0
4.2
0.3
9.5
1.6
5.9
Turbot (Scopthalmus maximus)
2.4
8.1
18.6
1.3
35.9
6.2
5.8
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
1.4
17.0
10.4
6.6
34.3
8.2
4.2
Wolf-fish (Anarhichas
sp.)
2.5
10.8
10.1
4.4
26.7
6.5
4.1
Redfish (Sebastes
sp.)
2.8
8.3
11.3
0.5
24.2
2.3
10.5
Anglerfish (Lophius p;scator;lIs)
0.1
6.9
34.2
4.3
43.0
5.6
7.7
Cod (Gadlls morhua
L)
0.3
14.5
36.8
1.8
54.3
3.1
17.5
Saithe (Pollachills virens)
0.3
10.7
29.0
1.9
43.6
3.6
12.1
Ling (Molva moll'a)
0.2
8.3
41.6
3.3
53.0
4.1
12.9
Pollack (Pollachius pollachius)
0.2
11.6
45.0
2.3
59.0
3.2
18.4
Haddock (Melanogrwnmus aexlejinus)
0.2
16.1
31.4
4.6
50.3
5.7
8.8
Tusk (Brosme brosme)
0.2
6.3
41.6
2.4
50.3
3.5
14.4
Blue ling (Molva byrkelanxe)
0.1
S.5
30.8
2.4
42.5
3.6
11.8
Sole (Solea solea)
0.5
5.9
16.2
3.0
29.2
4.3
6.8
Tuna (Thunnus thulJnus)
0.2
3.6
26.9
5.8
32.9
8.2
4.0
Picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
6.4
8.0
IS.3
2.S
31.4
4.8
6.5
Skate (Raja batis)
0.2
5.2
32.7
5.1
44.0
6.5
6.S
Crab (Cancer pagurus)
1.8
15.6
16.5
2.1
38.5
4.0
9.6
Deep-water prawn (Pandalus borealis)
0.8
17.4
16.0
1.2
35.3
2.4
14.7
Lobster (Homarus vulgaris)
0.6
19.1
12.S
4.0
34.0
6.1
5.6
Scallops (Pecten maximus)
0.4
20.4
21.8
1.3
50.5
2.4
21.0
"Data from Facts about Fish,
information folder prepared by Directorate of Fisheries, P.O. Box 185, N-5002 Bergen, Norway. and the Norwegian Seafood Export Council,
Skippergt. 35/39, N·9005 Tromso, Norway.