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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2021
Number of Full Stomachs : 754
Number of Hauls: 164

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 38.21 3.00 58.78
Pandalidae (shrimp) 10.32 9.00 9.01
Copepoda 10.26 2.00 30.40
Hyperiidea 7.52 2.00 32.86
Misc Teleost 5.08 16.00 9.82
Misc Org 5.02 4.00 13.30
Misc Shrimp 4.34 5.00 9.20
Osmerid 4.10 4.00 3.09
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.44 3.00 4.73
Gammaridea 2.16 0.00 7.99
Pteropoda 1.43 0.00 3.20
Ammodytidae 1.40 1.00 1.68
Polychaeta 0.91 1.00 2.34
Chaetognatha 0.91 0.00 5.42
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.75 1.00 1.47
Walleye pollock 0.65 0.00 0.24
Clupeoidei 0.61 0.00 0.68
Misc Crab 0.59 1.00 5.17
Mysidacea 0.51 0.00 3.02
Salmonidae 0.43 0.00 0.08
Misc Gadidae 0.32 0.00 0.50
Misc Mollusca 0.32 0.00 0.61
Capreillidea 0.22 0.00 0.49
Misc Cephalopoda 0.18 0.00 0.15
Misc Crustacea 0.16 0.00 0.98
Misc Flatfish 0.13 0.00 0.48
Cumacea 0.11 0.00 1.58
Cyclopteridae 0.08 0.00 0.12
Misc Decapoda 0.07 0.00 0.58
Gastropod 0.06 0.00 0.61
Misc Amphipoda 0.05 0.00 0.05
Teuthida 0.04 0.00 0.34
Misc Worm 0.04 0.00 0.10
Zoarcoidae 0.03 0.00 0.09
Misc Anomura 0.03 0.00 0.46
Bivalvia 0.03 0.00 0.57
Isopoda 0.02 0.00 0.49
Paguridae 0.01 0.00 0.56
Octopoda 0.01 0.00 0.22
Stichaeidae 0.01 0.00 0.08


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2021


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