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Diet table for Aleutian Islands Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1997
Number of Full Stomachs : 526
Number of Hauls: 50

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 46.52 43.00 65.74
Copepoda 12.02 16.00 35.27
Misc Teleost 7.16 1.00 6.73
Myctophidae 5.83 3.00 5.97
Hyperiidea 4.95 9.00 18.60
Polychaeta 4.82 1.00 10.21
Gammaridea 3.70 5.00 10.42
Ammodytidae 2.41 0.00 1.30
Teuthida 2.21 2.00 3.17
Chaetognatha 1.46 0.00 5.30
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.70 0.00 0.85
Mysidacea 0.67 2.00 5.85
Misc Org 0.53 0.00 0.40
Misc Shrimp 0.41 0.00 1.07
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.21 0.00 0.13
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.14 0.00 0.47
Misc Crustacea 0.11 0.00 0.73
Bathylagid 0.10 0.00 0.13
Osmerid 0.05 0.00 0.26
Octopoda 0.02 0.00 0.28
Cumacea 0.01 0.00 0.13
Misc Crab 0.00 0.00 0.27


Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1997


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