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Feeding of small whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the central and southern North Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

S. Singh-Renton  and
P.J. Bromley
S. Singh-Renton
Affiliation:
CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment and Management Program (CFRAMP), Tyrell Street, St Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
P.J. Bromley
Affiliation:
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Lowestoft Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT
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Abstract

The stomach contents of 899 whiting, Merlangius merlangus (Pisces: Gadidae), from the central and southern North Sea, were analysed. Crustacea and fish comprised 90% on average by weight of the food observed. Crustacean prey sizes usually ranged from 0.2 to 0.6 g. The mean daily consumption of a common invertebrate prey, Crangon crangon, was estimated to be 0.1 g for a whiting weighing 150 g.

Type
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 79 , Issue 5 , October 1999 , pp. 957 - 960
Copyright
© 1999 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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