United States Department of the Interior, Fred A. Seaton, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Arnie J. Suomela, Commissioner 



AGE AND SIZE COMPOSITION OF THE MENHADEN CATCH ALONG THE 

 ATLANTIC CO^ST OF THE UNITED STATES, 1952-55; WITH 

 A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE COMMERCIAL FISHERY 



by 



Fred C. June and John W. Reintjes 

 Fishery Research Biologists 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 



United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Special Scientific Report — Fisheries No. 317 



Washington, D. C. 

 August 1959 



