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 2003 to 2022 inclusive based on an extration from the ICES data base on 2 February 2024.
| 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 egg homogenate | % dw in egg homogenate | % dw in feather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clupea harengus | herring | 4.6 | 26.5 | 4.4 | 32.0 | |||||
| Gadus morhua | cod | 0.3 | 19.3 | 43.6 | 55.0 | |||||
| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | witch | 19.0 | ||||||||
| Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis | megrim | 0.3 | 20.3 | 24.0 | 40.0 | |||||
| Limanda limanda | common dab | 0.6 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 32.2 | |||||
| Lophius budegassa | blackbellied angler | 17.4 | ||||||||
| Lophius piscatorius | European angler | 17.5 | ||||||||
| Melanogrammus aeglefinus | haddock | 0.5 | 20.5 | |||||||
| Merlangius merlangus | whiting | 0.4 | 19.4 | 31.3 | 44.5 | |||||
| Merluccius merluccius | hake | 20.0 | 43.1 | |||||||
| Microstomus kitt | lemon sole | 20.3 | ||||||||
| Molva molva | common ling | 0.4 | 20.9 | 49.0 | 63.0 | |||||
| Platichthys flesus | flounder | 0.9 | 21.3 | 15.3 | 32.5 | |||||
| Pleuronectes platessa | plaice | 0.5 | 20.0 | 11.6 | 28.1 | |||||
| Scomber scombrus | Atlantic mackerel | 9.3 | 26.9 | 7.0 | 26.6 | |||||
| Solea solea | common sole | 20.0 | ||||||||
| Thunnus alalunga | albacore | 8.2 | 35.4 | |||||||
| Zeus faber | john dory | 20.5 | ||||||||
| Zoarces viviparus | eelpout | 0.6 | 18.6 | 0.6 | 22.6 | |||||
| Callista chione | smooth clam | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Cerastoderma edule | common cockle | 1.0 | 18.1 | |||||||
| Chamelea gallina | striped venus clam | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Donax trunculus | wedge clam | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Ensis ensis | sword razor | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Ensis siliqua | pod razor | 1.5 | 21.2 | |||||||
| Glycymeris glycymeris | dog cockle | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Lutraria lutraria | otter shell | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Mya arenaria | softshell clam | 0.8 | 15.4 | |||||||
| Ruditapes decussatus | grooved carpet shell | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Ruditapes philippinarum | manila clam | 1.0 | 16.4 | |||||||
| Solen marginatus | grooved razor shell | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Spisula solida | surf clam | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Venus verrucosa | warty venus | 1.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Mytilus edulis | blue mussel | 1.4 | 16.4 | |||||||
| Mytilus galloprovincialis | Mediteranean mussel | 2.0 | 19.0 | |||||||
| Magallana gigas | Pacific oyster | 2.0 | 17.0 | |||||||
| Ostrea edulis | native oyster | 1.7 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Littorina littorea | common periwinkle | 22.7 | ||||||||
| Nucella lapillus | dog whelk | 32.0 | ||||||||
| Tritia nitida (reticulata) | dog whelk (nitida or reticulata) | 27.0 | ||||||||
| Cepphus grylle | black guillemot | 32.0 | 9.6 | 25.7 | 75.0 | |||||
| Fulmarus glacialis | northern fulmar | 8.7 | 31.0 | 30.1 | 8.3 | 24.5 | 79.6 | |||
| Haematopus ostralegus | Eurasian oystercatcher | 10.2 | ||||||||
| Somateria mollissima | common eider | 15.9 | ||||||||
| Sterna hirundo | common tern | 9.4 | ||||||||
| Globicephala melas | long-finned pilot whale | 28.8 | 27.5 |