The effect of the addition of marine algae in fish feed on the levels of bromophenols in fish flesh was studied. These bromophenols include 2-bromophenol, 4-bromophenol, 2,4-dibromophenol, 2,6-dibromophenol, and 2,4,6-tribromophenol. Two types of algae-containing fish feeds with 30% Padina arborescens and 30% Sargassum siliquastrum were developed. The total bromophenol contents of these feeds were 132 and 340 ng/g respectively, which were significantly higher than that of the control feed (8.9 ng/g) (ANOVA, p < 0.05). Silver seabream was used as the model fish for the feeding experiment. Bromophenol contents of both fish gut and flesh were monitored at 2-week intervals throughout the 8-week period. Two-way ANOVA showed that only the 30% S. siliquastrum-containing feed significantly (p < 0.05) increased the total bromophenol content in the fish flesh with time. This also produced sensorial differences in the fish flesh.
