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31.8% (Wl) during 1991. Plant material accounted Stomach contents of juvenile bluefish collected 



for 0.1% (W) and 0.1% (Wl ) during 1990 and 0.3% from other areas in Maine during 1990 and 1991 are 



(W) and 0.3% (Wl) during 1991. Polychaetes made presented in Table 3. Bluefish measuring 150-173 



up 0.4% (W) and 0.3% (Wl) during 1991; insects made mm FL were captured from Merepoint Bay on 9 Sep- 



up 0.01% (W) and 0.01% (Wl). tember 1991. Fish were the predominant prey item 



