UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



Stewart L. Udall, Secretary 



Frank P. Briggs, Assistant Secretary Jor Fish and Wildlife 



FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, Clarence F. Pautzke, Commisnionrr 



BtRKAC or CuMUEKciAL FiSHKRiES, Donald L. McKeriian, Direrlor 



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. HICHAM, Jr. 



United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Special Scientific Report--Fisheries No. 495 



Washington, D.C. 

 APR 1965 



