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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2010
Number of Full Stomachs : 676
Number of Hauls: 114

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Paguridae 14.54 15.00 31.45
Misc Flatfish 11.61 6.00 12.06
Walleye pollock 10.15 4.00 10.53
Osmerid 6.00 4.00 8.47
Tanner Crab 5.79 6.00 9.18
Ammodytidae 4.82 1.00 6.13
Misc Gadidae 4.35 3.00 7.63
Misc Teleost 3.85 6.00 18.90
Yellowfin sole 3.34 0.00 1.84
Opilio Crab 2.84 3.00 6.48
Misc Majidae 2.70 2.00 5.29
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.55 5.00 8.42
Octopoda 2.30 1.00 4.29
Chionoecetes spp. 2.29 3.00 8.01
Northern rock sole 2.20 0.00 0.84
Pacific Cod 1.84 0.00 2.14
Cottid 1.81 1.00 3.56
Stichaeidae 1.65 1.00 2.71
Offal 1.52 0.00 1.22
Misc Worm 1.35 1.00 3.11
Mysidacea 1.22 8.00 8.71
Cancridea 1.16 1.00 1.83
Crangonidae (shrimp) 1.12 4.00 13.56
Misc Crab 1.09 1.00 4.22
Misc Lithodidae 1.09 0.00 0.56
Agonidae 1.02 0.00 2.47
Euphausiacea 1.00 3.00 3.34
Bivalvia 0.98 0.00 2.37
Cyclopteridae 0.82 0.00 0.22
Rajadae 0.82 0.00 0.61
Lepidopsetta sp 0.48 0.00 0.11
Pacific halibut 0.25 0.00 0.09
Tunicate 0.21 0.00 0.61
Alaska plaice 0.18 0.00 0.11
Misc Shrimp 0.17 0.00 3.04
Gastropod 0.16 0.00 1.09
Polychaeta 0.13 0.00 1.31
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.12 0.00 0.74
Zoarcoidae 0.11 0.00 0.93
Bering Flounder 0.06 0.00 0.11
Clupeoidei 0.05 0.00 0.11
Misc Cephalopoda 0.05 0.00 0.59
Misc Mollusca 0.04 0.00 0.42
Brittle Star 0.04 0.00 1.64
Hyperiidea 0.02 0.00 0.49
Gammaridea 0.01 0.00 2.13
Misc Org 0.01 0.00 0.10
Cnidaria 0.01 0.00 0.11
Isopoda 0.01 0.00 0.10
Flathead sole 0.01 0.00 0.10
Misc Crustacea 0.00 0.00 0.09
Misc Org 0.00 0.00 0.29
Teuthida 0.00 0.00 0.88
Misc Bird 0.00 0.00 0.10
Cumacea 0.00 0.00 0.09


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2010


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