Food and Feeding of Ocean Redfish (Sebastes mentella Travin) in the North Atlantic

• Main Authors: González-Iglesias, M.C. (María de la Concepción), Bruno, I. (Isabel)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo 1997
• Subjects: Irminger Sea; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/700

The food and feeding of ocean redfish are described from stomach contents of 26381 individuals analyzed on board commercial vessels in the Irminger waters from March to November. Most of the stomachs had been everted (15488). The feeding intensity mean value throughout the period was 7.1%. The feedi...