Abstract
Baseline Hg concentration in bycatch fish from the SE Gulf of California were determined in muscle and liver of 19 species. Levels of Hg in muscle were compared with legal limits of this element in national and international legislation. Considering all fish species, mean concentrations in liver (2.458±1.997μgg−1) were significantly higher (p<0.05) than in muscle (0.993±0.670μgg−1). The sequence of averaged Hg concentrations in most ichthyofauna was liver>muscle. Highest level of Hg in muscle (2.556μgg−1) and liver (7.515μgg−1) corresponded to Diapterus peruvianus and Ophioscion strabo, respectively. Considering muscle samples, none of the species had levels of Hg above the limit (1.0μgg−1 wet weight) in the Mexican legislation; with respect to the Japanese (0.4μgg−1 wet weight) and British (0.3μgg−1 wet weight) legislations, 26.3% and 31.6% of the species respectively, were above the corresponding limits.
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