UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



Stewart L. Udall, Secretary 



John A. Carver, Jr., Under Secretary 



Stanley A. Cain, Assistant Secretary jor Fish and Wildlife and Parks 



FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, Clarence F. Pauteke, Commissioner 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Donald L. McKernan, Director 



Age and Size Composition of the 



Menhaden Catch Along the 



Atlantic Coast of the United States, 1962 



With a Brief Review of the Commercial Fishery 



By 

 WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON and JOSEPH R. HICHAM, Jr. 



United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Special Scientific Report--Fisheries No. 527 



Washington, D.C. 

 February 1965 



