Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in the Marine Fishes of Coimbatore Market – Suitability for Human Consumption

Abstract

The current study has attempted to document the organochlorine pesticide residues in select species of commercially important marine fishes, received from Cochin and Rameshwararn, and sold at Coimbatore market. A total of 716 fish samples belonging to seven species, namely Carangoides malabaric, Cynoglossus macrolepidotus, Nemipterus japonicus, Rastrelliger kanagurta, Sardinella longiceps, Scomberomorus commersonn and Sphyraena barracuda caught at Cochin and Rameshwaram were collected from the Coimhatore market. The samples were collected with regular intervals during the study period (October 2004 . September 2006) which fell into eight quarters, with three months being one quarter.