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Food of bass in U.K. waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

D. F. Kelley
D. F. Kelley
Affiliation:
Old Farm, Trebetherick, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6SB
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Published information on the diet of bass in U.K. waters is limited. The very young fish, mainly 0- and 1-groups, have been investigated in the Fleet (Dorset) by Bass et al. (1983), in the Severn Estuary by Aprahamian & Barr (1985), and at the Kingsnorth power-station outfall in Kent by Langford (in preparation). Limited data for older fish have been given by Sant (1978) for the central Welsh coast and by Hester (1980) for the Cornish coast. An early report by the present author reviewed the feeding habits of 250 bass aged 3–16 years caught in 1946–52 in Devon and Cornwall (Kelley, 1953). Data for southern Irish waters have been given by Kennedy & Fitzmaurice (1972), and for west Brittany waters by Boulineau-Coatanea (1969). Other reports from mainland Europe are concerned chiefly with young bass reared in the etangs of the south and west coasts of France and in similar habitats on the coasts of Spain and Italy. There are similar reports from Tunis and Israel. These more specialised studies are listed by Barnabe (1980).

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , May 1987 , pp. 275 - 286
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1987

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