Table 13-6. Principal Food Items (expressed as percentages in parenthesis) of 

 Marine Mammals in Maine Waters 3 



Species 



Food items 



Finback whale 



Humpback whale 



Right whale 

 Minke whale 



Harbor porpoise 



Long-finned pilot whale 

 Atlantic white-sided dolphin 



Killer whale 



Harbor seal 



Gray seal 



Herring (75%), sand lance (10%), krill 

 (10%), miscellaneous (5%) 



Herring (75%), sand lance (10%), krill 

 (10%), miscellaneous (5%) 



Copepods (80%), euphausiids (20%) 



Herring (35%), sand lance (25%), cod (25%), 

 squid (10%), salmon (5%) 



Herring (50%), cod (15%), mackerel (15%), 

 hake (5%), smelts (5%), miscellaneous (10%) 



Squid (80%), cod (10%), herring (10%) 



Squid (25%), herring (25%), silver hake 

 (25%), smelt (25%) 



Cod (25%), herring (25%), salmon (25%), 

 squid (12.5%), mammals (12.5%) 



Herring (24%), squid (20%), flounder (14%), 

 alewife (7%), hake (6%), smelt (4%), 

 mackerel (4%) 



Herring (16%), cod (12%), flounder (10%), 

 Skate (10%), squid (6%), mackerel (5%) 



Katona 1977; Katona et al. 1977; and Mansfield and Beck 1977. 



13-13 



10-80 



