Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pollachius virens
 
Main Ref. Bromley, P.J., T. Watson and J.R.G. Hislop, 1997
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 5.20 TL
Sample size 47 Percent empty
Country UK Scotland Locality 60 miles southeast of Lerwick in the Shetland Is.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pollachius virens
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.18 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammaridae Gammaridae
13.02 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Gadidae 1.78% Gadidae, other unid. Fish
1.78 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
2.96 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Isopoda 2.37% Isopoda, 0.59% Cirripedia
1.18 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Hyperiid amphipods Hyperid amphipods
15.98 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Decapod Decapod larvae
63.91 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus finmarchicus Calanus finmarchicus, Calanoida
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