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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2011
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,041
Number of Hauls: 191

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 44.99 17.00 68.87
Copepoda 9.86 7.00 32.49
Pandalidae (shrimp) 6.74 5.00 7.66
Hyperiidea 3.65 5.00 21.20
Misc Teleost 3.04 7.00 6.61
Misc Shrimp 2.94 3.00 8.52
Osmerid 2.81 1.00 3.23
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.25 3.00 3.54
Mysidacea 1.74 1.00 5.73
Gammaridea 1.34 1.00 6.77
Misc Crustacea 1.06 0.00 2.70
Paguridae 0.76 1.00 3.11
Pteropoda 0.72 0.00 4.59
Polychaeta 0.69 1.00 3.31
Misc Crab 0.66 0.00 1.86
Misc Org 0.66 0.00 2.16
Chaetognatha 0.63 0.00 4.16
Cumacea 0.53 0.00 1.14
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.52 0.00 1.43
Stichaeidae 0.45 0.00 0.37
Myctophidae 0.39 0.00 0.26
Misc Anomura 0.39 0.00 0.67
Misc Flatfish 0.27 0.00 0.19
Zoarcoidae 0.21 0.00 0.18
Ctenophora 0.18 0.00 0.63
Teuthida 0.17 0.00 1.07
Misc Worm 0.16 0.00 0.10
Misc Amphipoda 0.16 0.00 0.87
Ammodytidae 0.09 0.00 0.28
Cottid 0.09 0.00 0.61
Misc Decapoda 0.09 0.00 0.31
Cnidaria 0.08 0.00 0.61
Cancridea 0.07 0.00 0.10
Tunicate 0.02 0.00 0.05
Misc Cephalopoda 0.01 0.00 0.31
Gastropod 0.01 0.00 0.24
Agonidae 0.00 0.00 0.05
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.09
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.10
Arrowtooth flounder 0.00 0.00 0.07
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.03
Misc Mollusca 0.00 0.00 0.07
Misc Majidae 0.00 0.00 0.03


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2011


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