Table 6.— Stomach contents of fur seals collected off California, 1965-^ 



■"■ T = trace, (< 5 cc). Trace counts are included in frequency counts. 



volume and second in frequency. Seals taken 

 off Monterey, Calif., and Grays Harbor, Wash., 

 had fed on anchovy (fig. A-4). 



Oncorhynchus spp, Salmon had been eaten 

 by seven seals collected off Grays Harbor and 

 by one taken off Cape Flattery, Wash. (fig. 

 A- 5). One stomach contained coho salmon, 

 O. kisutch (1-year ocean growth), and another 

 a chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha (2- year 

 ocean growth).' Salmon ranked third in total 

 food volume and fourth in frequency of occur- 

 rence; it was not found in the stonnachs of 

 seals collected off California. 



Thaleichthys pacificus . Eulachon ranked 

 second in volume and third in frequency off 

 Washington. Nine of eleven occurrences were 

 from seals taken off Cape Flattery (fig. A- 3). 



Myctophidae. A lanternfish was eaten by a 

 fur seal collected in lat. 37° 49' N,, long. 

 124° 11' W. (fig. A- 1). Specific identification 

 could not be made because many identifying 

 photophores were missing. Lanternfishes are 

 a minor food item of fur seals collected in the 



' The salmon were identified from scales by Raymond 

 E. Anas, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Marine Mam- 

 mal Biological Laboratory, Seattle, Wash. 



eastern Pacific Ocean, although they are the 



principal food of fur seals off Japan in spring. 



Cololabis saira . Pacific saury (fig. A-6) 



ranked sixth in importance as a food species 



Table 7 Stomach contents of fur seals collected off Washington, 1965 



^ T=trace, (< 5 cc. ). Trace counts are included in frequency counts. 



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