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AGE AND SIZE COMPOSITION 

 OF THE 1960 MENHADEN 

 CATCH ALONG THE 

 U.S. ATLANTIC COAST 



WITH A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE 

 COMMERCIAL FISHERY 



by William R. Nicholson and Joseph R. Higham, Jr. 



Marine Biological Laboratory 



LIBRARY 



OCT 2 01964 

 WOODS HOLE, MASS. 



SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC REPORT-FISHERIES Na479 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTjOFj;HE_[r^^ 



FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



