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Diet table for Aleutian Islands Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2018
Number of Full Stomachs : 772
Number of Hauls: 200

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Copepoda 29.97 2.00 54.95
Euphausiacea 18.42 3.00 40.13
Hyperiidea 9.83 1.00 34.23
Pandalidae (shrimp) 3.82 1.00 3.64
Misc Teleost 3.62 14.00 7.40
Myctophidae 3.50 4.00 2.61
Gammaridea 3.34 1.00 10.18
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 1.68 1.00 2.78
Misc Org 1.62 0.00 2.34
Misc Shrimp 1.55 1.00 6.60
Chaetognatha 1.44 0.00 11.96
Teuthida 1.36 1.00 2.76
Misc Crustacea 0.86 0.00 2.56
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.59 0.00 1.27
Offal 0.49 0.00 0.33
Bathylagid 0.47 0.00 0.25
Polychaeta 0.46 0.00 3.57
Pteropoda 0.41 0.00 2.57
Sebastes 0.40 0.00 0.07
Mysidacea 0.39 0.00 2.98
Misc Flatfish 0.35 0.00 0.50
Clupeoidei 0.19 0.00 0.20
Misc Amphipoda 0.19 0.00 0.60
Atka Mackeral 0.13 0.00 0.17
Ctenophora 0.12 0.00 0.29
Octopoda 0.10 0.00 0.08
Cnidaria 0.08 0.00 0.43
Misc Decapoda 0.08 0.00 0.35
Zoarcoidae 0.07 0.00 0.06
Misc Cephalopoda 0.07 0.00 0.25
Isopoda 0.04 0.00 0.48
Bivalvia 0.03 0.00 0.24
Misc Worm 0.02 0.00 0.25
Unid Eggs 0.02 0.00 0.07
Misc Crab 0.02 0.00 0.79
Gastropod 0.00 0.00 0.05
Misc Echinoderm 0.00 0.00 0.17
Cottid 0.00 0.00 0.13
Ammodytidae 0.00 0.00 0.13
Cumacea 0.00 0.00 0.08


Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2018


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