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 2001 to 2020 inclusive based on an extration from the ICES data base on 11 January 2022.
| species | common name | % lw in muscle | % dw in muscle | % lw in liver | % dw in liver | % lw in soft body | % dw in soft body |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadus morhua | cod | 0.3 | 19.2 | 43.0 | 55.0 | ||
| Limanda limanda | common dab | 0.7 | 20.1 | 19.6 | 32.3 | ||
| Merlangius merlangus | whiting | 20.0 | 36.5 | 44.5 | |||
| Platichthys flesus | flounder | 0.9 | 21.3 | 14.9 | 32.2 | ||
| Pleuronectes platessa | plaice | 0.5 | 20.0 | 11.0 | 27.1 | ||
| Mytilus edulis | blue mussel | 1.4 | 16.4 | ||||
| Crassostrea gigas | Pacific oyster | 1.9 | 18.0 | ||||
| Nucella lapillus | dog whelk | 32.3 |