Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in the Bering flounder (Hippoglossoides robustus) from the Sea of Okhotsk

Lukyanova, Olga N.; Tsygankov, Vasiliy Yu; Boyarova, Margarita D.

Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in the Bering flounder (Hippoglossoides robustus) from the Sea of Okhotsk

2018

Lukyanova, Olga N. | Tsygankov, Vasiliy Yu | Boyarova, Margarita D.

The purpose of this study is to establish the presence of POPs in the Bering flounder (Hippoglossoides robustus) from the Sea of Okhotsk (North-West Pacific). Concentration of OCPs (α-HCH, β-HCH, γ-HCH, o,p′-DDT, p,p′-DDT, o,p′-DDD, p,p′-DDD, o,p′-DDE and p,p′-DDE) and PCBs (28, 52, 155, 101, 118, 143, 153, 138, 180, 207) in samples were measured by GC–MS and GC–ECD. The mean OCP concentrations in flounder from East and South areas of the Sea of Okhotsk were 99.8 ± 125.4 and 53.6 ± 40.5 ng/g lipid, respectively; PCB congeners – 112 ± 94.2 and 88.8 ± 50.8 ng/g lipid, respectively. POPs in fish tissue decreased in the order: PCBs > HCHs > DDTs. Our results indicate that consumers will have no health risk due to fish consumption from Sea of Okhotsk. OCP and PCB levels in the Sea of Okhotsk may be considered as background level for the North Pacific.

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