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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2002
Number of Full Stomachs : 367
Number of Hauls: 91

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 29.38 19.00 32.32
Paguridae 14.78 16.00 33.70
Misc Flatfish 10.41 4.00 8.24
Misc Teleost 7.24 11.00 25.47
Osmerid 4.97 4.00 9.22
Octopoda 4.54 2.00 5.76
Opilio Crab 3.01 4.00 6.86
Salmonidae 2.68 1.00 2.42
Tanner Crab 2.43 3.00 6.01
Chionoecetes spp. 2.22 1.00 4.22
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.19 5.00 12.24
Cottid 2.10 0.00 1.90
Misc Gadidae 1.90 2.00 4.87
Zoarcoidae 1.59 1.00 3.45
Pacific Cod 1.47 0.00 0.46
Agonidae 1.15 1.00 2.54
Misc Crab 1.07 1.00 3.95
Ammodytidae 1.07 2.00 4.69
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.97 2.00 4.77
Offal 0.93 0.00 0.96
Cancridea 0.84 0.00 1.04
Misc Majidae 0.55 0.00 1.53
Yellowfin sole 0.44 0.00 0.12
Misc Cephalopoda 0.42 0.00 0.55
Mysidacea 0.36 2.00 4.46
Misc Shrimp 0.27 1.00 3.63
Unid Eggs 0.21 0.00 0.22
Rajadae 0.16 0.00 0.45
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.16 0.00 0.73
Northern rock sole 0.15 0.00 0.11
Gastropod 0.11 0.00 1.51
Misc Lithodidae 0.07 0.00 0.27
Misc Echinoderm 0.03 0.00 1.10
Misc Worm 0.02 0.00 0.55
Polychaeta 0.02 0.00 0.48
Misc Org 0.01 0.00 0.27
Sea Cucumber 0.01 0.00 0.22
Bivalvia 0.01 0.00 0.48
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.29
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.77
Gammaridea 0.00 0.00 0.44
Euphausiacea 0.00 0.00 0.31


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2002


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