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Table 2. — Fish species and size range given as food in all three experiments. 



'There were about six more species of Sciaenidae: minority species were not identified. 



-™ FISH MEAT 

 ^^ CONSUMED 



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UNEATEN 

 REMAINS 



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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 



PERCENT 



Figure 6.— Food preference for fishes by squid in experiment L.O. 1982. Total fish weight 



fed to the squid was 5.0 kg. 



initiation of spawning; biomass then decreased 

 because of the mortality accompanying spawning. 

 Squid in L.O. 1982 were fed ad libitum and daily 

 group feeding rates could not be determined. How- 



ever, the average group feeding rate calculated 

 weekly for L.O. 1982 allowed an estimate of 18.0% 

 for the daily feeding rate. 



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