Table 1.

Laboratory-based analytical techniques for organic contaminants in aquaculture samples.

Target analyte	Matrix	Analytical technique	Performance		Ref.
			Dynamic range	LOD
PAHs	Fish fillet from gilthead sea bream (S. aurata)	GC/QqQ-MS/MS	0.2-200 ng/ml	0.02 μg/kg-0.1 μg/kg	[32]
PCBs	PCBs Fish muscle from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	GC–ECD	1–200 ng/ml	0.1 (PCB 105)–1.4 (PCB 153) ng/g	[35]
OCPs	Muscle tissues of five fish species (O. mossambicus, L. parsia, E. suretensis, C. striata, and S. wynaadensis)	GC-MS	5–200 ppb	0.7–18.2 ng/ml	[38]
Antibiotics	Fish muscle from gilthead sea bream (S. aurata)	UHPLC-MS/MS	50–300 μg/kg	NIL	[39]