Perkins, Richard J., and Michael D. Dahlberg. 



1971. Fat cycles and condition factors of Altamaha River shads. 

 Ecology, vol. 52, no. 2, p. 359-362. 



Menhaden is mentioned in comparison with maximum fat content 

 for Atlantic and Gulf menhadens. 



Perret, William Stanley. 



1966. Occurrence, abundance, and size distribution of fishes and 

 crustaceans collected with otter trawl in Vermilion Bay, 

 Louisiana. M.S. thesis, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 

 Lafayette, La., 64 p. 



B_. patronus occurred at all stations. 



Perret, William S. 



1968. Menhaden or pogies : Louisiana's most valuable commercial fish. 

 Louisiana Conservationist, vol. 20, nos. 1 & 2, p. 14-15. 



Popular account of the purse-seine fishery for Gulf menhaden. 



Peters, David S. 



1972. Feeding selectivity in juvenile Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia 

 tyr annus , (Pisces: Clupeidae) . (Abstract). ASB (Association of 

 Southeastern Biologists) Bulletin, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 91. 



Laboratory experiments to determine if menhaden feed 

 selectively show that suspended and bottom particles of 

 larger sizes were preferred to fine inorganic silt. 

 Menhaden caught in the natural habitat ate mixed plankton 

 while avoiding suspended silt. 



Peterson, Ross. 



1967. Design and economics of a new 86-foot aluminum multi-purpose 

 fishing vessel. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries 

 Institute, 19th Annual Session, 1966, p. 39-48. 



A menhaden vessel is described. 



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