This view is supported by the findings of Window et al. (1987) and Khan et al. (1987), which showed that variation in the concentrations of elements from one sample of fish to another was due to the chemical forms of the element and their concentrations in the local environment. The sensory evaluation is presented in Table 3. The result obtained showed that, there were changes in all the sensory parameters after subjecting the fish to different drying methods. There were significant change in colour, flavour, taste and texture in all the fish species subjected to the three drying methods. The best taste was recorded for all fish samples that were smoked and oven-dried. The most attractive appearance was record- ed for smoked samples while the least attractive was recorded for sun-dried samples.