Macrourus berglax shrimps, amphipods, polychaete worms, bivalve molluscs, isopods, brittle stars, other echinoderms and comb jellies. The roughhead grenadier is a slow growing fish. The females mature at an age of about 14 years and a length of while males reach maturity at a length of . The potential fecundity of the female is 17,000 to 56,000 eggs. The eggs are laid in batches and spawning takes place at any time of year, with a peak in late winter and early spring. The roughhead grenadier is landed as a by-catch when fishing for Greenland halibut ("Reinhardtius hippoglossoides") and Atlantic halibut ("Hippoglossus hippoglossus").
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