NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-32

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Marine Fisheries Service

Alaska Fisheries Science Center

February 1994

by

Michael A. Perez

Calorimetry Measurements

of Energy Value of Some

Alaskan Fishes and Squids
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NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-32

by

Michael A. Perez

Calorimetry Measurements

of Energy Value of Some

Alaskan Fishes and Squids

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Ronald H. Brown, Secretary

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

D. James Baker, Under Secretary and Administrator

National Marine Fisheries Service

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ABSTRACT

Food habits studies of marine mammals increase our understanding of the trophodynamic

interrelationships of these predators within their ecosystem. In order to determine the energetic

importance of specific prey in the diet and physiology of marine mammals, it is necessary to know

the caloric density of these prey. Few data exist in the literature concerning the energy content of

complete fish and squid bodies, especially noncommercial species which are usually eaten whole

by Alaskan pinnipeds. In 1984, the National Marine Mammal Laboratory conducted a short-term

study to obtain additional data on the total energy content of entire specimens of known and

probable prey species. A total of 278 fish and squid specimens representing 20 species were

collected in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska during routine assessment surveys by the Alaska

Fisheries Science Center. In addition, 10 squid specimens of three additional species caught in the

North Pacific Ocean during 1981 and 1982 were included in this study. Total energy content of

the entire fish or squid body was determined by bomb calorimetry after the specimens were

thawed and weighed. Percent moisture and ash were also determined for each specimen. Energy

values of dry mass, ash-free dry mass, and wet mass were calculated. Based on the energy

content of ash-free dry mass, the fish and squid species analyzed in this study comprised five

groups: 1) very high energy (X = 7.7 kcal/g) species such as eulachon, Thaleichthys pacificus;

2) high energy (x = 6.6 kcal/g) species such as Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi, capelin, Mallotus

villosus, and magistrate armhook squid, Berryteuthis magister; 3) medium energy content

(x = 6.1 kcal/g) species such as northern rockfish, Sebastes polyspinis, and boreal clubhook

squid, Onychoteuthis borealijaponica; 4) low energy density (X = 5.8 kcal/g) species such as

walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, and arrowtooth flounder, Atheresthes stomias; and

5) very low caloric density (X = 5.4 kcal/g) species such as Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus,

and armorhead sculpin, Gymnocanthus galeatus.

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CONTENTS

Introduction ........................................................ . 1

Methods........................................................ . 2

Results and Discussion ....................................................... . 6

Acknowledgments.................................................. . 16

Citations............................................................ . 17

Appendix .......................................................... . 19

INTRODUCTION

Food habits studies of marine mammals increase our understanding of the trophodynamic

interrelationships of predators within their ecosystem. In order to determine the importance of

specific prey in the diet and physiology of marine mammals, it is necessary to know the energy

value of these prey. Few data exist in the literature concerning the energy content of complete

fish and squid bodies, especially noncommercial species which are usually eaten whole by Alaskan

pinnipeds.

Because of the constant summation of heat in biological systems, the measurement of

chemical energy as the heat of combustion is frequently used to evaluate animal energetics

(Robbins 1983). Differences in the chemical or gross energies of either plants or animals are due

to the energy contents of the specific chemical compounds and their relative proportions. The

bomb calorimeter measures the amount of heat released when a sample of plant or animal tissue is

completely oxidized (Robbins 1983). The sample is placed in a combustion chamber containing

excess oxygen, which is then immersed in an insulated water jacket and ignited. The temperature

rise in the surrounding water is proportional to the sample’s chemical energy content. For

instance, when a 1 g sample is ignited and produces a temperature rise of 4°C in 1,000 g of water,

the chemical energy content of the sample is 4 kcal.

Watt and Merrill (1963), Kizevetter et al. (1965), Kizevetter (1971), Sidwell (198 1),

Croxall and Prince (1982), Vlieg (1984a, 1984b), Krzynowek and Murphy (1987), Gooch et al.

(1987) have provided lists of energy values for many fish and cephalopod species. These

reference sources provide energy density data based on proximate composition methodology

where the percentages of protein, fat, and carbohydrate in a sample of body tissue are determined,

and the energy density (kcal/g) of that tissue is calculated using standard constant conversion

factors for each nutrient. One limitation of the data provided in much of the literature is that the

published energy values often refer to edible portions of the food source in terms of human

consumption and their commercial value. However, pinnipeds often consume their prey whole in
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the wild and eat significant quantities of noncommercial fish and squid species. Miller (1978)

provided energy values based on heats of combustion from bomb calorimetry for four fish and

squid species eaten by northern fur seals, Callorhinus ursinus.

In 1983-85 the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML), Alaska Fisheries Science

Center (AFSC), conducted a study using bomb calorimetry procedures to obtain additional data

on the total energy content of entire specimens of known and probable prey species. A total of

267 fish and 11 squid specimens were collected in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska during

routine assessment surveys conducted by the AFSC during 1984. In addition, 10 squid specimens

collected on marine mammal-fisheries interactions research cruises in the North Pacific Ocean

during 1981 and 1982 were also included in this study. A total of 18 fish and 5 squid species

were analyzed in the study (Table 1). The results of the study are reported in this paper.

METHODS

During 1984, specimens collected for this study were taken opportunistically from the

discards of groundfish trawl survey catches in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska (Fig. 1) by

research scientists of the Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division (RACE),

AFSC. Ten additional squid specimens were made available for the study from collections taken

by NMML research scientists in 1981-82 aboard Japanese research cruises in the North Pacific

Ocean. The dates, vessels, and locations of collection of samples in this study are listed in

Appendix Table A-1. With the exception of collection group number 5 (Appendix Table A-l),

the haul number was recorded for each specimen. Date, position, and depth (in fathoms) of

collection for each trawl haul were obtained later from RACE data records.

Specimens were placed in ship storage freezers immediately after collection. With the

exception of the squids collected during 1981-82, all specimens were kept frozen until they were

shipped to an analytical laboratory for bomb calorimetry (shipment dates are listed in Appendix

Table A-l). Fishes and squids were retained in storage freezers on board the vessel or at the
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Table 1 .--List of species of fishes and squids which were analyzed for energy value by bomb

calorimetry measurements in this study.
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Figure 1.--Locations in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean where the fishes and squids

analyzed in this study were collected.* Locations in the Gulf of Alaska are shown in the

inset. The numbers shown in the figure indicate the collection groups enumerated in

Appendix Table A-l.
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Alaska, Laboratory (RACE) until they could be sent to Seattle in containers packed with

Upon delivery to NMML, specimens were promptly placed in the freezer. Samples were

Subsequently shipped to the contract calorimetry analytical laboratory within 24 hours after

receipt by NMML. All specimens were shipped by overnight air freight express in freeze-safe

containers containing blue-ice packs. Bomb calorimetry analyses were conducted after specimens

thawed, and data results were sent to NMML within 30 days.

The 10 squid specimens collected during 1981-82 (collection groups 1-4; Appendix

Table A-l) had been collected for different research purposes and had been previously thawed.

Rather than simply being discarded, the specimens were also included in this calorimetry study

because of the limited information on squids. Five of the squids were incomplete, with a tentacle 

or other body part missing (Appendix Table A-2).

Measurements of wet mass were not recorded by shipboard personnel at the time of

collection, but only after thawing when specimens were received for calorimetry operations. The

wet mass (g) of each specimen is given in Appendix Table A-2. Sex and length were not recorded

for most of the 288 specimens in Appendix Table A-2. However, this information is given in

Appendix Table A-3 for those specimens with available data. Standard length measurements (cm)

were recorded for fish and dorsal mantle length (cm) for some squid specimens.

Except for the 5 incomplete squid specimens collected during 1981-82, measurements

were made of the total energy content of each whole fish and squid specimen. Total energy

content was determined using a Parr adiabatic bomb calorimeter by Woodson-Tenet Laboratories

in Memphis, Tennessee, who made all of the bomb calorimetry and body mass measurements.

Percent moisture and ash were also determined for each specimen. Energy values of dry mass,

ash-free dry mass, and wet mass were calculated from these data. General accounts of the

instrumentation and procedures used in bomb calorimetry are provided by Grodzinski et al.

(1975) and Robbins (1983).

An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed on the means of caloric density of

ash-free dry mass and wet mass of each of 17 of the 23 species of fish and squid in Table 1 (no
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unidentified species and N>l for each species) to test the null multisample hypothesis of equal

means. For the ANOVA, the following species groups listed in Table 1 were excluded: rockfish

(unidentified), Sebastes sp.; sculpin (unidentified), Cottidae; gonate squid (unidentified),

Berryteuthis sp.; boreopacific gonate squid, Gonatopsis borealis; neon flying squid,

Ommastrephes bartrami. A Student-Newman-Keuls test (Zar 1984) was used to perform

multiple-comparison tests to determine which of the 17 species had significantly different energy

values from each other. Species which did not have significantly different means of caloric density

were grouped (group names were arbitrarily assigned) together, and pooled means and standard

errors were calculated for energy content of ash-free dry mass and wet mass.

A paired t-test with an assumption of unequal variance was used to compare energy values

of ash-free dry mass of species, with sample sizes >10, collected in different seasons or

geographical areas. Specimens taken during February and March (Appendix Table A-l) were

pooled to comprise the winter collections.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Measurements of dry mass energy values for the 288 fish and squid specimens from

18 fish and 5 squid species analyzed in this study ranged from a minimum of 3.0 kcal/g for walleye

pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, to a maximum of 7.7 kcal/g for eulachon, Thaleichthys

pacificus, (Appendix Table A-2). Among the fishes, mean moisture content was lowest for

eulachon (64%) and highest for blackfin sculpin, Malacocottus kincaidi, (80%) (Fig. 2). The

mean moisture content of the squid species was between 74% and 82% (Table 2). Mean ash

content (as a percentage of dry mass) was lowest for eulachon (4%) (ignoring the solitary snailfish

specimen with zero measurable ash content) and highest for armorhead sculpin, Gymnocanthus

galeatus, (24%) (Table 2). Squid species had a lower mean ash content (<9%) than several fish

species, e.g., walleye pollock (13%) and armorhead sculpin (24%) (Table 2). Mean and standard
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Figure 2.--Moisture content (percent; mean + 95% confidence intervals) of whole specimens of

17 fish and squid species analyzed in this study. The sample size is shown to the right

of each confidence interval.
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Table 2.--Mean and standard deviation of percent moisture, percent ash, and energy value of

some whole fish and squid species of the Bering Sea and North Pacific Oceana
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deviation values for energy content of dry mass, ash-free dry mass, and wet mass of the 18 fish

species and 5 squid species in this study are given in Table 2.

Based on the mean caloric density of ash-free dry mass, the fish and squid species analyzed

in this study appeared to align themselves into five groups (Fig. 3): 1) very high energy (x =

7.7 kcal/g, SE = 0.04 kcal/g) species such as eulachon; 2) high energy (X = 6.6 kcal/g, SE =

0.07 kcal/g) species such as Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi, capelin, Mallotus villosus, Pacific

ocean perch, Sebastes alutus, dusky rockfish, Sebastes ciliatus, and magistrate armhook squid,

Berryteuthis magister; 3) medium energy content, (X = 6.1 kcal/g, SE = 0.04 kcal/g) species such

as northern rockfish, Sebastes polyspinis, sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria, searcher, Bathymaster

signatus, Pacific sandfish, Trichodon trichodon, and boreal clubhook squid, Onychoteuthis

borealijaponica; 4) low energy density (x = 5.8, kcal/g, SE = 0.06 kcal/g) species such as walleye

pollock, sculpins belonging to Triglops sp., and arrowtooth flounder, Atheresthes stomias; and

5) very low caloric density (X = 5.4 kcal/g, SE = 0.05 kcal/g) species such as Pacific cod, Gadus

macrocephalus, armorhead sculpin, and blackfin sculpin. Energy values for wet mass generally

showed similar groupings of energy content among species (Fig. 4). However, comparison of the

mean caloric density. of wet mass of the 17 species examined indicated that there was a wider

distribution of medium to high energy species comprising a total of six distinct groups:

1) extremely high energy (X = 2.6 kcal/g, SE = 0.02 kcal/g) species such as eulachon; 2) very high

energy (X = 2.0 kcal/g, SE = 0.18 kcal/g) species such as Pacific herring; 3) high energy (x =

1.7 kcal/g, SE = 0.05 kcal/g) species such as capelin; 4) medium energy content (x = 1.4 kcal/g,

SE = 0.02 kcal/g) species such as northern rockfish and magistrate armhook squid; 5) low energy

density (X = 1.2 kcal/g, SE = 0.02 kcal/g) species such as walleye pollock and arrowtooth

flounder; and 6) very low caloric density (X = 0.9 kcal/g, SE = 0.01 kcal/g) species such as Pacific

cod and armorhead sculpin (Fig. 4).

The ash-free dry mass energy value of eulachon caught in March (7.8 kcal/g) in the Gulf

of Alaska was significantly greater (P<0.05) than that of eulachon specimens taken in August

(7.5 kcal/g) in the Gulf of Alaska (Table 3). However, there was no significant difference in
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Figure 3.--Energetic density (kcal/g; mean + 95% confidence intervals) of ash-free dry mass of

17 fish and squid species analyzed in this study. The sample size is shown to the right

of each confidence interval. The reference lines separate the species into five groups

which have significantly different levels of caloric density.
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Figure 4.--Estimated energetic density (kcal/g; mean + 95% confidence intervals) of wet mass

(whole bodies) of 17 fish and squid species analyzed in this study. The sample size is

shown to the right of each confidence interval. The reference lines separate the species

into six groups which have significantly different levels of caloric density.
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Table L-Two-tailed t-test probabilities (P), based on an assumption of unequal variance, for

comparisons of energy values of ash-free dry mass of fish specimens caught in different

seasons or areas.
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energy values of ash-free dry mass between winter and summer catches of both walleye pollock

and arrowtooth flounder in the Gulf of Alaska (Table 3). The ash-free dry mass energy value of

Pacific herring (Table 3) caught in summer in the Bering Sea (5.9 kcal/g) was significantly less

(P<0.05) than that of herring specimens taken at approximately the same time in the Gulf of

Alaska (7.7 kcal/g). Conversely, northern rockfish specimens taken in the Bering Sea in summer

(6.3 kcal/g) had a significantly greater (P<0.05) energy value than that of specimens taken in the

Gulf of Alaska in winter (6.0 kcal/g) (Table 3). But there was no significant difference in energy

value of ash-free dry mass of capelin or arrowtooth flounder between catches in summer from the

Bering Sea and from the Gulf of Alaska (Table 3).

The content of fat in the flesh and other parts of the body of some fish species (e.g.,

Pacific herring; capelin; rockfishes, Scorpaenidae) changes significantly during the year between

spawning (summer) and foraging (winter) periods (Kizevetter 1971; Jangaard 1974; Bigg et al.

1978). The spawning period for eulachon is May and June in the eastern Bering Sea and May in

southeast Alaska and on the Alaskan Peninsula (Macy et al. 1978; Wespestad 1987). The

difference in energy density of eulachon between winter (March; 7.8 kcal/g) and summer (August;

7.5 kcal/g) in the Gulf of Alaska (Table 3) probably reflects changes in caloric density due to

spawning times. Likewise, the difference in energy content of Pacific herring between areas

during summer is also due to regional differences in spawning times since spawning occurs during

March-April in the Gulf of Alaska and May-July in the southeast Bering Sea (Niggol 1982). Fat

content also varies by age, body mass, or stage of migration of the fish (e.g., salmon,

Oncorhynchus spp.; sablefish) (Kizevetter 1971). For many other fishes (e.g., walleye pollock,

other gadids, sculpins, Cottidae) the fat content of the body does not vary appreciably during the

year (Kizevetter 1971). However, Troy Buckley (Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management

Division, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115, pers.

comm.) has compiled a list of recent unpublished data showing that the energetic density of

walleye pollock may vary by locality and time of year.
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The energy values for dry mass and ash-free dry mass are measurements taken from

combustion of the specimen material using bomb calorimetry methods accounting for the

measurable mass of the material and percent moisture and ash content. In contrast, the wet mass

energy values based on these data are only estimates of the true wet mass energy values because

the original wet mass of the specimens was not measured at the time of collection. However,

10 of the squid specimens had been previously measured and weighed and provide an indication

of the relative difference between the estimates reported in this study and the true energy values

for wet mass. Table 4 presents a comparison of calculations based on two sets of wet mass

measurements taken approximately 4 months apart and using the same sample measurements of

total specimen energy content from bomb calorimetry. The first set of wet mass measurements

were all recorded at the time of bomb calorimetry after thawing of the specimens during and after

shipment to the analytical laboratory. The second set of measurements had been recorded

previously during biological examination of the specimens after thawing and draining of the squid

specimens to remove excess water from the body cavity. (This second set of measurements is

more likely to indicate the actual living weight of the squid.) The two sets of calculations of

energy content values for wet mass (Table 4) suggest that the estimates in Table 2, Appendix

Table A-2 and Figure 4 are approximately 10% lower than the probable values for wet mass

energy content from freshly caught squid. This is presumably true for the fish species as well.

The quality of frozen fish is influenced by many different considerations. Among the most

important are composition of fish, pre-freezing handling and treatment, method of freezing, and

the environment during storage and handling (Stansby 1963). Therefore, the energy density

values reported in this study may be somewhat less than values which might be obtained directly

from freshly caught specimens. The effect of energy loss due to freezing and shipment in this

study is unknown. However, because the methods used in this study were consistent among

samples, it is unlikely that any loss due to freezing processes and storage times affected the

relative relationship (Fig. 3) of energy value measurements among species in any significant way.
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Table 4.--Comparison of wet mass measurements and their estimated energy value for squid

specimens collected in the North Pacific Ocean that were refrozen and thawed for

caloric content analyses (A) following a previous period of freezing and thawing for

biological measurements (B) several months earlier?
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to thank the staff of Woodson-Tenet Analytical Laboratories, Memphis, Tennessee,

who conducted all of the calorimetry analyses of the fish and squid samples reported in this study.

Ben Kearley, Western Administrative Support Center, NOAA, Dept. of Commerce, assisted with

the shipment of frozen specimens to Woodson-Tenet Analytical Laboratories. Chris Boucher and

Pat Gearin of NMML collected the 10 squid samples taken in 1981 and 1982 which were

identified and measured by Cliff Fiscus of NMML in 1983. Eric Brown, Jeff June, Ron Payne,

Doug Smith, Phil Wyman, Harold Zenger, and other past and present personnel of the RACE

Division, AFSC, collected and identified the fish and other squid specimens used in this study.

Their cooperation and efforts in this study are greatly, appreciated.
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Appendix Table A-L-Date, location, and depth of sample collection and date of shipment for

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Appendix Table A-2.--Sample number, collection group, sex, total mass (wet and dry), percent

moisture, percent ash, ash-free dry mass, and energy value of whole bodies of fishes

and squids collected in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean.
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LORENZ, J. M. 1994. Distribution and habitat of adult salmon in the Situk River, Alaska: Potential

impacts of flooding from Russell Fiord, 27 p. NTIS number pending.

IGNELL, S. E., L. J. SIMON, and M. L. DAHLBERG. 1994. Estimation of salmonid bycatch in the

1989 Japanese squid driftnet fishery, 45 p. NTIS number pending.

MORTENSEN, D. G., and H. SAVIKKO. 1993. Effects of water temperature on growth of juvenile

pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), 12 p. NTIS number pending.

LOW, L-L. (coordinator). 1994. Status of living marine resources off Alaska, 1993, 110 p. NTIS

number pending.

LOW, L-L. (coordinator). 1993. Status of living marine resources off the Pacific coast of the United

States for 1993, 90 p. NTIS number pending.

KINOSHITA, R. K., A. GREIG, J. D. HASTIE, and J. M. TERRY. 1993. Economic status of the

groundfish fisheries off Alaska, 1992, 102 p. NTIS number pending.

SINCLAIR, E. H. (editor) 1993. Fur seal investigations, 1991, 142 p. NTIS No. PB94-118171.

PARKS, N. B., F. R. SHAW, and R. L HENRY. 1993. Results of a 1988 trawl survey of groundfish

resources of the upper continental slope off Oregon, 164 p. NTIS No. PB94-118163.

YANG, M-S. 1993. Food habits of the commercially important groundfishes in the Gulf of Alaska

in 1990, 150 p. NTIS No. PB94-112463.

KINOSHITA, R. K., and J. M. TERRY. 1993. Oregon, Washington, and Alaska exports of edible

fishery products, 1992, 52 p. NTIS No. PB93-226652.

REEVES, J. E. 1993. Use of lower minimum size limits to reduce discards in the Bristol Bay red

king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) fishery, 16 p. NTIS No. PB93-228187.

SYRJALA, S. E. 1993. Species-specific stratification and the estimate of groundfish biomass in

the Eastern Bering Sea, 20 p. NTIS number pending.

PELLA, J., M. HOFFMAN, S. HOFFMAN, M. MASUDA, S. NELSON, and L. TALLEY. 1993. Adult

sockeye and pink salmon tagging experiments for separating stocks in northern British Columbia

and southern Southeast Alaska, 1982-1985, 134 p. NTIS No. PB93-226660.

SEASE, J. L., J. P. LEWIS, D. C. MCALLISTER, R. L. MERRICK, and S. M. MELLO. 1993. Aerial

and ship-based surveys of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Southeast Alaska, the Gulf of

Alaska, and Aleutian Islands during June and July 1992, 57 p. NTIS No. PB93-226025.