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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2017
Number of Full Stomachs : 199
Number of Hauls: 52

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 20.37 11.00 13.53
Paguridae 13.75 0.00 35.54
Misc Flatfish 11.83 14.00 11.93
Opilio Crab 8.14 10.00 16.48
Crangonidae (shrimp) 8.13 0.00 29.83
Misc Teleost 6.97 15.00 22.91
Octopoda 6.19 5.00 10.79
Tanner Crab 3.77 8.00 10.04
Clupeoidei 2.98 2.00 4.49
Chionoecetes spp. 2.42 2.00 4.49
Ammodytidae 2.04 4.00 5.32
Stichaeidae 1.91 3.00 4.06
Misc Crab 1.64 0.00 3.72
Osmerid 1.59 1.00 2.52
Offal 1.40 0.00 1.24
Northern rock sole 1.22 1.00 1.80
Yellowfin sole 1.09 0.00 1.19
Misc Gadidae 0.88 2.00 4.93
Cottid 0.74 1.00 1.46
Agonidae 0.60 4.00 3.76
Misc Majidae 0.48 0.00 1.98
Misc Worm 0.34 0.00 3.78
Cancridea 0.32 0.00 1.54
Gastropod 0.26 0.00 4.38
Zoarcoidae 0.23 1.00 2.35
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.21 0.00 1.29
Misc Cephalopoda 0.14 0.00 0.96
Misc Echinoderm 0.08 0.00 0.21
Mysidacea 0.06 0.00 4.67
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.06 0.00 0.56
Bivalvia 0.02 0.00 0.45
Lepidopsetta sp 0.01 0.00 0.14
Brittle Star 0.01 0.00 0.64
Misc Shrimp 0.01 0.00 0.93
Polychaeta 0.01 0.00 1.72
Sea Cucumber 0.00 0.00 0.24
Misc Crustacea 0.00 0.00 0.38
Gammaridea 0.00 0.00 0.32
Teuthida 0.00 0.00 0.96
Unid Eggs 0.00 0.00 0.21


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2017


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