READ ME File For 'Data supporting the article "Assessing the effectiveness of microplastic extraction methods on fishmeal with different properties ".' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2102 ReadMe Author: chloe Way, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: "Assessing the effectiveness of microplastic extraction methods on fishmeal with different properties" by C Way, M D. Hudson, I Williams, G. Langleyc, R Mars, Anal. Methods, 2022,14, 606-619 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1AY02154K This dataset contains Excel data which are used for generating Tables for the article. the data analyses Total MPs spikes in specimen, Number of each polymer in a specimen, and Recovery rate of individual polymers Geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K. Dataset available under a CC BY 4.0 licence Publisher: University of Southampton, U.K. Date: february 2023