Age and Size Composition of the 

 Menhaden Catch Along the Atlantic 

 Coast of the United States, 1961 



With a Brief Review of the Commercial Fishery 



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



Marine Biological Laboratory 



LIBRARY 



MAY 2 1 1965 

 WOODS HOLE, MASS. 



Sr^CIAL SCIENTIFIC REPORT-FISHERIES Na 495 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTjOF^JiiE^I^^ 



FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



