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Employment--Atlantic and gulf 
The menhaden vessel crew numbers about 16 or 17 men 
and includes a captain, pilot, engineer, cook, and net 
handlers. 
The number of fishermen and employees involved in pro- 
cessing and wholesaling is shown below. 
Processing and 
Year Fishermen wholesale employees 
1960 47355 - 
LIIGS 25722 - 
1970 2,066 909 
USI Z oe 899 
ib) 7/3} 1,850 ih al aS) 
1974 N/A i 65 
The guality of menhaden crews is deteriorating and in- 
centives are offered to attract reliable crews. The incent- 
ives include 
--minimum catch guarantee on which the wage is based, 
--bonuses to those who stay with the fleet the full 
season, and 
--modern efficient vessels with good living conditions. 
Recreational fishing 
There is no recreational fishing for menhaden. 
Management controls 
Passage by the United States of the 12-mile contiguous 
fishing zone in 1966 effectively prevented the entrance of 
foreign fishing fleets into the Atlantic and Gulf States men- 
haden fisheries. 
Atlantic 
The Atlantic menhaden fishery is under no formal manage- 
ment scheme. There are no regulations controlling either 
totaly eltorte or cateh- 
We were told that if any management is exercised in the 
menhaden fishery it is done so voluntarily by industry. 
Gulf 
There is no formal management control of the gulf men- 
haden fishery. Even though Louisiana, Texas, and Missis- 
Sippi recognize a common season, no regulations or constraints 
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