The table below gives the typical % dry weight (dw) and % lipid weight (lw) for each species and tissue. The tissues are muscle (MU), liver (LI), kidney (KI), blubber (BB), soft body (SB), egg homogenate (EH), feather (FE) and blood (BL). The values are derived from monitoring data for the years 2004 to 2023 inclusive based on an extration from the ICES data base on 10 January 2025.
| species | common name | MU dw | MU lw | LI dw | LI lw | KI dw | BB dw | BB lw | SB dw | SB lw | EH dw | EH lw | FE dw | BL dw | BL lw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clupea harengus | herring | 26.3 | 4.5 | 32.0 | 4.4 | ||||||||||
| Gadus morhua | cod | 19.3 | 0.3 | 55.0 | 43.0 | ||||||||||
| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | witch | 19.0 | |||||||||||||
| Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis | megrim | 20.4 | 0.3 | 39.0 | 24.0 | ||||||||||
| Limanda limanda | common dab | 19.9 | 0.6 | 29.9 | 18.7 | ||||||||||
| Lophius budegassa | blackbellied angler | 17.4 | |||||||||||||
| Lophius piscatorius | European angler | 17.5 | |||||||||||||
| Melanogrammus aeglefinus | haddock | 20.5 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||
| Merlangius merlangus | whiting | 19.4 | 0.4 | 44.3 | 34.8 | ||||||||||
| Merluccius merluccius | hake | 20.0 | 43.1 | ||||||||||||
| Microstomus kitt | lemon sole | 20.3 | |||||||||||||
| Molva molva | common ling | 20.9 | 0.4 | 63.0 | 49.0 | ||||||||||
| Platichthys flesus | flounder | 21.3 | 0.9 | 32.7 | 15.5 | ||||||||||
| Pleuronectes platessa | plaice | 20.0 | 0.5 | 28.4 | 11.7 | ||||||||||
| Scomber scombrus | Atlantic mackerel | 26.9 | 9.3 | 26.6 | 7.0 | ||||||||||
| Solea solea | common sole | 20.1 | |||||||||||||
| Thunnus alalunga | albacore | 35.4 | 8.2 | ||||||||||||
| Zeus faber | john dory | 20.5 | |||||||||||||
| Zoarces viviparus | eelpout | 18.5 | 0.6 | 22.9 | 0.6 | ||||||||||
| Callista chione | smooth clam | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Cerastoderma edule | common cockle | 18.1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Chamelea gallina | striped venus clam | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Donax trunculus | wedge clam | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Ensis ensis | sword razor | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Ensis siliqua | pod razor | 21.2 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||
| Glycymeris glycymeris | dog cockle | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Lutraria lutraria | otter shell | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Mya arenaria | softshell clam | 15.5 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||
| Ruditapes decussatus | grooved carpet shell | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Ruditapes philippinarum | manila clam | 16.4 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Solen marginatus | grooved razor shell | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Spisula solida | surf clam | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Venus verrucosa | warty venus | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Mytilus edulis | blue mussel | 16.4 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||
| Mytilus galloprovincialis | Mediteranean mussel | 19.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
| Magallana gigas | Pacific oyster | 17.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
| Ostrea edulis | native oyster | 19.9 | 1.7 | ||||||||||||
| Pecten maximus | king scallop | 20.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Littorina littorea | common periwinkle | 23.9 | |||||||||||||
| Nucella lapillus | dog whelk | 31.7 | |||||||||||||
| Tritia nitida (reticulata) | dog whelk (nitida or reticulata) | 26.9 | |||||||||||||
| Alle alle | little auk | 21.0 | |||||||||||||
| Cepphus grylle | black guillemot | 32.0 | 25.7 | 9.6 | 75.0 | 21.0 | |||||||||
| Fulmarus glacialis | northern fulmar | 31.0 | 8.6 | 30.1 | 24.5 | 8.3 | 79.6 | 21.0 | |||||||
| Haematopus ostralegus | Eurasian oystercatcher | 10.0 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||
| Lagopus muta | rock ptarmigan | 21.0 | |||||||||||||
| Larus | gull | 21.0 | |||||||||||||
| Larus argentatus | european herring gull | 21.0 | |||||||||||||
| Rissa tridactyla | black-legged kittiwake | 21.0 | |||||||||||||
| Somateria mollissima | common eider | 16.9 | 21.0 | 0.3 | |||||||||||
| Sterna hirundo | common tern | 9.4 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||
| Uria aalge | common guillemot | 21.0 | |||||||||||||
| Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | 21.0 | |||||||||||||
| Globicephala melas | long-finned pilot whale | 28.5 | 27.5 | 23.1 | 84.8 | 86.2 |