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Table 8. -Continued 



ed mean stomach content weights are presented in 

 Table 9 for each season, year, and geographic area. In 

 almost every year, in all areas, the stomachs of similar- 

 sized fish contain larger quantities of food in the spring 



than in the fall. Only two exceptions were noted to this 

 trend (for which there is no ready explanation): Large 

 fish collected on Georges Bank in 1973 and small fish 

 collected on Georges Bank in 1974. 



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