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Table 6 The percentage fish and shellfish consumed by respondents

From: PCDD and PCDF exposures among fishing community through intake of fish and shellfish from the Straits of Malacca

Sample

Daily (%)

Weekly (%)

Monthly (%)

Hardtail scad

-

26.9

40.9

Spanish mackerel

1.1

18.3

36.6

Grey eel-catfish

-

30.1

27.9

Dorab wolf-herring

2.2

11.8

13.9

Fourfinger threadfin

6.5

36.6

25.8

Indian mackerel

6.5

59.1

18.3

Japanese threadfin bream

1.1

6.5

13.9

Long-tailed butterfly ray

-

37.6

44.1

Sixbar grouper

2.2

10.8

16.1

Silver pomfret

-

30.1

35.5

Large-scale tongue sole

4.3

39.8

31.2

Malabar red snapper

1.1

16.1

22.6

Cockles

4.3

21.5

38.7

Prawn

11.8

52.7

29.0

Cuttlefish

4.3

21.5

44.1