CONTENTS 



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Introduction ^ 



Methods and nnaterials ^ 



Occurrence of food items ^ 



By season ^ 



By geographical area ^ 



By species of salmon 5 



By lengths of salmon ° 



Importance of herring in diet of salmon 7 



Sunnmary 8 



Literature cited 8 



FIGURES 



1.-- Locations of capture of king and coho salmon from which 

 stomach samples Avere taken in Southeastern Alaska, 1957-58 3 



2. --Percentages of stomach samples from troll- caught salmon by 

 area. Southeastern Alaska, 1957-58. [Areas shown in figure 1.]... 5 



3. --Frequency of occurrence of major items found in salmon 

 stomachs. Southeastern Alaska, 1957-58. [Based on total occur- 

 rence of food items.] 5 



4,- -Percentage frequency of occurrence of food items found in 

 stomach samples from king and coho salmon in Southeastern 

 Alaska, 1957-58. [Percentages based on stomachs containing 

 food.]... 7 



5. --Percentage frequency of occurrence in relation to length of 

 salmon (by 2.5-inch intervals) of food items taken from stomachs 

 of troll- caught salmon, Southeastern Alaska, 1957-58 8 



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