Table 1. — Fishes selected for food habits analysis, and percentage of the total catch 

 by number (N) and weight (W) comprised by each species, for each cruise. 



Fall 1976 Winter 19 77 Spring 1977 Summer 19 77 



Species N W N W N W N W 



Raj idae 



Raja erinacea 6.7 21.2 13.4 14.7 24.2 28.6 5.2 15.6 



Lophiidae 



Lophius americanus 1.5 18.3 2.8 11.5 3.3 12.7 1.2 10.5 



Gadidae 



















Urophycis chuss 



25.0 



0.3 



39.8 



33.4 



36.6 



33.6 



17.3 



15.4 



Urophycis regia 



1.2 



1.4 



0.1 



0.1 



0.6 



0.9 



7.2 



12.0 



Merluccius bilinearis 



16.7 



5.1 



22.8 



25.3 



10.2 



14.1 



27.0 



32.1 



Zoarcidae 



Macrozoarces americanus 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.9 5.3 3.8 8.2 2.7 



Sparidae 



Stenotomus chrysops 26.7 25.9 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 



Bothidae 



Citharichthys arctifron s 11.7 0.1 7.9 0.1 7.1 0.3 26.9 1.8 

 Paralichthys oblongus 5.2 7.1 5.0 2.8 9.2 4.2 1.9 5.3 



TOTAL 95.2 79.8 93.7 88.9 96.9 98.4 94.9 95.4 



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