Ergonul, BAktas, AGünç, PKundakçi, EA2024-07-182024-07-180003-925Xhttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/1930In this research, heavy metal (lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium) levels in edible muscle tissues of four different species of fish (flathead grey mullet [Mugil cephalus L., 1758], European pilchard [Sardina pilchardus W. 1792], gilt-head [sea] bream [Sparus aurata L., 1758], and European seabass [Dicentrarchus labrax L., 1758]) caught from Izmir Bay, open (Aegean) sea, and Karaburun fish farm (Izmir Bay) were determined. Mean heavy metal levels of all species of fish ranged below the upper limits as established by the Turkish Food Codex except Cd for three samples, and merely 2 % percent of all samples exceeded the corresponding thresholds. Values recorded in this study were markedly lower than most data from the literature from other areas of Turkey.EnglishTISSUESSEACUArticle