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Table 4. Percentage by weight of polychaete component of diet of predators which eat polychaetes according to geographic area of collection
Predator
Area
Middle
Atlantic		 Southern
New
England		 Georges
Bank		 Gulf of
Maine		 Scotian
Shelf		 Inshore
North
of Cape
Hatteras		 South
of Cape
Hatteras
Northern shortfin squid
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
<0.1
0.1
-
Longfin inshore squid
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
Smooth dogfish
0.3
0.8
-
-
-
0.6
0.6
Little skate
3.2
21.7
15.0
-
-
3.3
-
Winter skate
-
9.0
8.4
<0.1
-
2.7
-
Thorny skate
-
-
5.6
8.5
45.5
29.6
-
Alewife
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
-
Atlantic cod
1.1
5.4
2.4
0.1
<0.1
1.9
-
Haddock
0.0
47.1
18.6
7.8
29.4
42.2
-
Red hake
0.6
1.8
0.6
2.4
1.2
9.4
-
White hake
-
0.0
0.2
<0.1
0.0
0.3
-
Fawn cusk-eel
46.4
13.6
26.3
-
-
22.1
-
Blackbelly rosefish
0.0
11.2
1.8
15.8
-
-
-
Acadian redfish
-
-
0.0
0.0
<0.1
-
-
Longhorn sculpin
-
5.0
1.1
17.9
2.5
-
-
Black sea bass
3.7
0.3
0.0
-
-
0.9
0.2
Bluefish
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-
0.8
0.4
Scup
52.5
34.0
-
-
-
14.8
18.1
Weakfish
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
1.0
0.1
Spot
1.7
-
-
-
-
73.2
3.5
Southern kingfish
-
-
-
-
-
24.6
2.0
Northern kingfish
-
-
-
-
-
14.4
1.3
Ocean pout
-
3.9
0.6
5.7
0.0
<0.1
-
Atlantic wolfish
-
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
-
Northern sand lance
0.0
<0.1
<0.1
0.0
-
<0.1
-
Atlantic mackerel
-
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
Butterfish
0.0
3.7
0.0
-
-
3.3
<0.1
Gulf Stream flounder
61.0
43.2
46.4
-
-
-
-
Fourspot flounder
6.0
4.1
0.0
-
-
-
-
Windowpane
0.5
0.5
2.3
-
-
0.9
0.0
Witch flounder
-
-
76.7
82.6
74.7
90.7
-
American plaice
-
-
0.5
1.0
0.0
7.9
-
Winter flounder
74.2
43.8
24.2
37.1
<0.1
48.5
-
Yellowtail flounder
-
28.9
71.9
-
-
25.6
-

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