Three different extraction methods were compared for the determination of lipids in both oxidised and antioxidant-stabilised brown fish meal. The three methods under investigation were those of Smith-Ambrose-Knob1 using chloroform/methanol/water, Bligh and Dyer also using chloroform/methanol/ water but monophasic, and Hara and Radin using hexane/isopropanol. The fat content, determined gravimetrically, was significantly lower (P < 0.05) when