in the Middle and North Atlantic Areas, 28 

 percent in the Chesapeake Bay Area, 9 per- 

 cent in the South Atlantic Area, and 58 percent 

 in the North Carolina fall fishery. 



5. Fish older than age 3 continued to con- 

 stitute only a small percentage of the catch. 



6. While age- 3 fish were shorter and lighter, 

 age-1 and age-2 fish were longer and heavier 

 than the averages for fish of corresponding 

 ages in previous years. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We extend our sincere appreciation to plant 

 owners and mainagers, who provided space ajid 

 facilities and who furnished records of vessel 

 landings, and to the vessel captains and pilots 



who kept logbook records of their daily fishing 



activities. 



LITERATURE CITED 



JUNE, FRED C, and JOHN W. REINTJES. 

 1959. Age and size composition of 



the 



menhaden catch along the Atlantic coast 

 of the United States, 1952-55; with a 

 brief review of the commercial fishery. 

 U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish 

 and Wildlife Service, Special Scientific 

 Report--Fisheries No. 317, 65 p. 



NICHOLSON, WILLIAM R., and JOSEPH R. 

 HICHAM, JR. 



1964. Age and size composition of the 1960 

 menhaden catch along the U.S. Atlantic 

 coast with a brief review of the com- 

 mercial fishery. U.S. Department ofthe 

 Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 Special Scientific Report.-Fisheries 

 No. 479, 41 p. 



POWER, EDWARD A. 



1963. Fishery statistics of the United States , 

 1961. U.S. Department of the Interior, 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Statistical 

 Digest No. 54, 460 p. 



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