NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF- 684 





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Age and Size Composition of tlie 

 Atlantic Menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, 

 Purse Seine Catch, 1963-71, 

 with a Bnef Discussion of the Fishery 



WILLIAM R.NICHOLSON 



SEATTLE, WA 

 June 1975 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 

 ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



National Marine 

 Fisheries Service 



