Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pollachius virens
 
Main Ref. Langton, R.W. and R.E. Bowman, 1980
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 30.00 FL
Sample size 639 Percent empty 12
Country USA Locality Northwest Atlantic from Cape Hatteras , N. C. to Nova Scotia, 1969-1972
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pollachius virens
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
47.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupeidae Clupeidae, other fishes
1.30 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others carcasses
0.40 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others mollusks
50.82 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Euphausiacea Euphausiacea, Decapoda
0.20 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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