Table Showing Composition Of The Various Fish Used For Food

Articles

Refuse

Proteid

Fat

Mineral matter

Water

Bass, black ..........................

54.8

9.3

.8

.5

34.6

Bluefish ...................................

55.7

8.3

.5

.5

35.

Butterfish .........................

42.8

10.2

6.3

.6

40.1

Cod, fresh .........................

52.5

8.

.2

.6

38.7

Cod, salt, boneless..............

22.2

.3

23.1

54.4

Cusk .........................................

40.3

10.1

.1

.5

49.

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Articles

Refuse

Proteid

Fat

Mineral matter

Water

Eels......

20.2

14.6

7.2

.8

57.2

Flounder.............................

61.5

5.6

.3

.5

32.1

Haddock.............................

51.

8.2

.2

.6

40.

Halibut, sections...................

17.7

15.1

4.4

.9

61.9

Herring.....

42.6

10.9

3.9

.9

41.7

Mackerel.............................

44.6

10.

4.3

.7

40.4

Mackerel, Spanish..............

34.6

13.7

6.2

1.

44.5

Perch, white..........................

62.5

7.2

1.5

.4

28.4

Pickerel.....

47.1

9.8

.2

.7

42.2

Pompano............................

45.5

10.2

4.3

.5

39.5

Red Snapper..........................

46.1

10.6

.6

.7

42.

Salmon.....

39.2

12.4

8.1

.9

39.4

Shad...................................

50.1

9.2

4.8

.7

35.2

Carbohydrates

Shad, roe...............................

2.6 Refuse

20.9

3.8

1.5

71.2

Sheepshead..........................

66.

6.4

.2

.5

26.9

Smelts.....

41.9

10.

1.

1.

46.1

Trout.....

48.1

9.8

1.1

.6

40.4

Turbot......

47.7

6.8

7.5

.7

37.3

Whitefish.............................

53.5

10.3

3.

.7

32.5

Carbohydrates

Lobsters.....

61.7

5.9

.7

.8

.2

30.7

Clams, out of shell...............

10.6

1.1

2.3

5.2

80.8

Oysters, solid........................

6.1

1.4

.9

3.3

88.3

Crabs, soft shell....................

15.8

1.5

2.

.7

80.

W. O. Atwater, Ph.D.