The table below gives the typical % dry weight (% dw) and % lipid weight (% lw) for each species and tissue. The values are derived from monitoring data for the years 2002 to 2021 inclusive based on an extration from the ICES data base on 9 January 2023.
| species | common name | % lw in muscle | % dw in muscle | % lw in liver | % dw in liver | % lw in soft body | % dw in soft body | % lw in tail muscle | % dw in tail muscle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clupea harengus | herring | 4.4 | 26.4 | 4.4 | 32.0 | ||||
| Gadus morhua | cod | 0.3 | 19.3 | 43.1 | 55.0 | ||||
| Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis | megrim | 0.3 | 20.1 | 24.5 | 40.0 | ||||
| Limanda limanda | common dab | 0.6 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 31.2 | ||||
| Merlangius merlangus | whiting | 19.8 | 36.4 | 44.5 | |||||
| Merluccius merluccius | hake | 20.0 | 43.1 | ||||||
| Molva molva | common ling | 21.2 | 49.0 | 63.0 | |||||
| Platichthys flesus | flounder | 0.9 | 21.3 | 14.9 | 32.3 | ||||
| Pleuronectes platessa | plaice | 0.5 | 20.0 | 11.2 | 27.5 | ||||
| Scomber scombrus | Atlantic mackerel | 25.6 | 7.0 | 26.6 | |||||
| Zoarces viviparus | eelpout | 0.6 | 18.7 | 0.6 | 23.9 | ||||
| Callista chione | smooth clam | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Cerastoderma edule | common cockle | 0.7 | 18.3 | ||||||
| Chamelea gallina | striped venus clam | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Donax trunculus | wedge clam | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Ensis ensis | sword razor | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Glycymeris glycymeris | dog cockle | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Mya arenaria | softshell clam | 0.8 | 15.4 | ||||||
| Ruditapes decussatus | grooved carpet shell | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Ruditapes philippinarum | manila clam | 0.7 | 16.3 | ||||||
| Solen marginatus | grooved razor shell | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Spisula solida | surf clam | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Venus verrucosa | warty venus | 0.7 | 20.0 | ||||||
| Mytilus edulis | blue mussel | 1.4 | 16.2 | ||||||
| Mytilus galloprovincialis | Mediteranean mussel | 2.1 | 19.0 | ||||||
| Crassostrea gigas | Pacific oyster | 2.0 | 17.5 | ||||||
| Ostrea edulis | native oyster | 1.7 | 20.1 | ||||||
| Crangon crangon | common shrimp | 1.4 | 27.3 | ||||||
| Littorina littorea | common periwinkle | 22.6 | |||||||
| Nucella lapillus | dog whelk | 32.0 | |||||||
| Tritia nitida / reticulata | dog whelk (nitida / reticulata) | 27.0 | |||||||
| Cepphus grylle | black guillemot | 32.0 | |||||||
| Fulmarus glacialis | northern fulmar | 9.3 | 31.1 | 30.1 | |||||
| Globicephala melas | long-finned pilot whale | 70.0 | 29.0 | 27.5 |