Sinop
 considered the mid-point of the Black Sea in Turkey and is located on Boztepe
 peninsula which is the most extended point of Turkish Black Sea coastline
 towards north. The fact that three sides of the peninsula are surrounded by sea
 has made fisheries a significant means of income. Fishery has an important
 place in the economy of Sinop. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate
 the levels of eight heavy metals (aluminium, arsenic, copper, zinc, mercury, lead,
 cadmium and iron) in the edible tissues of Scophthalmus
 maximus, Spicara maena, Chelidonichthys lucerna, Alosa fallax and Scorpaena porcus caught in Sinop coasts
 of the Black Sea. The samples were obtained during the fishing season in 2013
 directly from the Turkish fishing vessels. Hg, Cd and Pb were not detected in
 the edible part of all fish samples.  The
 metal levels in edible tissues were no exceeded the standard guideline values
 Estimated hazard index (HI) suggest that these metals in the edible tissues of
 the fish do not toxic for consumers, where the HIs of all the considered metals
 were below the value of 1.