Table 3.

Comparison of Hg levels (ngg⁻¹) found in this study with those found previously in Canada and other countries.

Type of fish	This Study	Canada, 2002a	Canada, 2010b	USAc	Britaind	Japane	Taiwanf
Arctic char	37	27	56
Black cod	284		362	95		40
Fresh water trout	55	43	39g	72	60
Grouper	360		244	465			90
King fish	440		175	730
Marlin	854	1429	781	485	1340
Red snapper	148		310	189
Sea bass	329		404	219, 386h	65	200
Tilefish	601		1069b	144,1450i
Orange roughy	543		482	554	595

Notes: ^aDabeka et al. (2004).

^bCanadian Food Inspection Agency (2010). Average of three tilefish-two samples purchased in 2008 containing 128 and 3000 ng g⁻¹, and one purchased in 2005 contained 80 ng g⁻¹.

^cFDA (2009); Environmental Protection Agency (2000); National Marine Fisheries Service (1978). The primary reference for the Gulf tilefish and sablefish data in the FDA report is a National Marine Fisheries Service report (Hall et al. 1978), while that for the kingfish or king mackerel is an EPA report (Ache et al. 2000).

^dKnowles et al. (2003).

^eNakagawa et al. (1997).

^fChen and Chen (2006).

^gRain bow trout.

^h219 ng g⁻¹ in black bass, and 386 ng g^_1 in Chilean bass.

ⁱ144 ng g⁻¹ in Atlantic tilefish and 1450 ng g⁻¹ in those caught in the Gulf of Mexico (FDA 2009).