The Proximate Composition of the European Bass, Dicentrarchus Labrax (L.) From the Bay of Naples

Abstract

Analytical methods were developed for determining non-protein nitrogen and carbohydrate in addition to moisture, ash, lipid and protein in the white muscle, dark muscle, liver and gonads of European bass from the Bay of Naples. There was little variation in the composition of the white muscle in contrast to the variability of the other tissues, which could in many cases be related to the nutritional state or stage of sexual maturity of the fish. The general conclusion on the proximate composition of the fish is in agreement with previous work, i.e. the white muscle has a high food value, being rich in protein and low in lipid.