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Contaminants Monitoring Programme for Wild Caught Fish, Crustaceans and Cephalopods

One hundred and fifty two samples of wild caught fish, crustaceans and cephalopods were purchased from fish markets across England and Wales and analysed for a number of chemical contaminants.

About this dataset

Issued: 20 May, 2025

Update period: every year

License: Open Government Licence (v3)

Keywords: aquaculture contaminants wild-caught fish

Activities: Research Policy

Downloadable data

  • Dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls data

    From:
    1 May 2022
    To:
    31 Jan 2023
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  • Heavy metals (mercury lead, cadmium, total arsenic and inorganic arsenic) data

    From:
    1 May 2022
    To:
    31 Jan 2023
    Download:
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  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) data

    From:
    1 May 2022
    To:
    31 Jan 2023
    Download:
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