Table 2.
Milligrams per100 grams of fish sample, wet weight, saturated Fatty Acids (SFA), mono unsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFA), and PUFA N-3/6 for fish sampled by CORA summer 2016. Total PUFA-3 includes omega-3 including DPA (22:5 n-3), LNA (18:3 n-3), (18:4 n-3), (20:3 n-3), (20:4 n-3), as well as EPA plus DHA. PUFA-6 includes 20:4 n-6 (arachidonic acid) plus linoleic acid (18:2 n-6) as well as (18:3 n-6), (22:2 n-6), (22:5 n-6), (20:2 n-6), and (20:3 n-6).
| Species | N | Total SFA | Total MUFA | EPA Mean (SD) | DHA Mean (SD) | PUFA N-3 Mean (SD) | PUFA N-6 Mean (SD) | PUFA 3/6 ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes | Walleye | 7 | 228. (51.5) | 245.9 (119.6) | 48.5 (15.0) | 174.3 (56.5) | 244.1 (84.0) | 118.8 (43.7) | 2.11 |
| Rainbow Smelt | 7 | 510.2 (74.4) | 584.2 (110.7) | 178.7 (23.5) | 323.0 (36.8) | 624.2 (79.4) | 250.3 (42.5) | 2.51 | |
| Lake Herring | 7 | 867.99 (218.0) | 945.3 (372.8) | 280.6 (78.2) | 320.3 (36.2) | 783.3 (133.7) | 385.0 (120.3) | 2.11 | |
| Yellow Perch | 7 | 172.1 (14.4) | 74.6 (8.5) | 49.2 (`9.8) | 166.9 (18.5) | 221.7 (25.6) | 66.6 (12.0) | 3.46 | |
| Whitefish | 12 | 689.1 (254.0) | 845.1 (442.0) | 214.2 (112.1) | 375.8 (95.6) | 724.5 (290.4) | 269.3 (97.8) | 2.72 | |
| Lake Trout | 12 | 2171.8 (999.9) | 3085.3 (1235.0) | 567.9 (203.7) | 1081.6 (351.4) | 2395.3 (890.0) | 1095.4 (426.2) | 2.20 | |
| Grocery | Tuna, Canned | 7 | 501.0 (82.7) | 371.2 (61.7) | 98.5 (18.4) | 454.5 (79.5) | 578 (102.7) | 115.1 (16.9) | 5.01 |
| Salmon, Farmed | 7 | 2308.8 (919.7) | 6266.2 (2661.3) | 405.2 (155.2) | 713.6 (199.2) | 1902.7 (668.7) | 2122.5 (899.4) | 0.93 | |
| Cod, Wild | 7 | 143.7 (16.6) | 81.1 (11.1) | 96.3 (12.2) | 207.1 (21.7) | 307.1 (24.7) | 26.1 (2.05) | 11.81 | |
| Tilapia, Farmed | 7 | 298.1 (62.1) | 281.7 (88.7) | 2.2 (0.4) | 44.6 (6.3) | 61.4 (7.3) | 221.7 (43.7) | 0.28 |