Predatory fish had in general a lower content of Cd and Pb if
compared with Hg content. We obtained median values of
8 mg kg1 and 10 mg kg1 for Cd and Pb in tunafish, and of 50 mg kg1
and 20 mg kg1 for Cd and Pb in swordfish. In tunafish, similar low
values were reported by Jinadasa et al. (2010) for fish from Indian
Ocean (20 mg kg1 and 60 mg kg1 for Cd and Pb) and Pastorelli et al.
(2012) (46 mg kg1 and 61 mg kg1
). In swordfish, we compared our
results with the ones of Jinadasa et al. (2010) from Indian Ocean
(130 mg kg1 and 30 mg kg1 for Cd and Pb) and Pastorelli et al.(2012) from Mediterranean Coast (59 mg kg1 and 66 mg kg1 for Cd
and Pb).