CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Methods 1 



Food 2 



Dietary overlap 2 



Results 2 



Food 2 



Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua 3 



Pollock, Pollachius virens 3 



Silver hake, Merluccius hilinearis 3 



White hake, Urophycis tenuis , 3 



Offshore hake, Merluccius albidus 4 



Cusk, Rrosme brosme 4 



Red hake, Urophycis chuss 5 



Spotted hake, Urophycis regius 5 



Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus 6 



Longfin hake, Phycis chesteri 6 



Fourbeard rockling, Enchelyopus cimbrius 6 



Marlin-spike, Nezumia bairdi 6 



Longnose grenadier, Coelorhynchus carminatus 6 



Fawn cusk-eel, Lepophidium cervinum 6 



Ocean pout, Macrozoarces americanus 7 



Geographic comparisons 7 



Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua 7 



Pollock, Pollachius virens 8 



Silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis 8 



White hake, Urophycis tenuis 10 



Offshore hake, Merluccius albidus 11 



Cusk, Brosme brosme 12 



Red hake, Urophycis chuss 12 



Spotted hake, Urophycis regius 13 



Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus 14 



Lx)ngfin hake, Phycis chesteri 15 



Fourbeard rockling, Enchelyopus cimbrius 15 



Marlin-spike, Nezumia bairdi 15 



Longnose grenadier, Coelorhynchus carminatus 16 



Fawn cusk-eel, Lepophidium cervinum 16 



Ocean pout, Macrozoarces americanus 16 



Dietary overlap 17 



Discussion 18 



Food 18 



Atlantic cod 18 



Pollock 18 



Silver hake 19 



White hake 19 



Offshore hake 19 



Cusk 19 



Red hake 19 



Spotted hake 20 



Haddock 20 



Fourbeard rockling 20 



Macrouridae 20 



Ocean pout 20 



Dietary overlap 21 



Acknowledgments 22 



Literature cited 22 



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