Abstract:

Menhaden landings, catch per set, weight, and length data for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico regions. These data were compiled from public data sources representing menhaden landings from 1940 to 2013.

Suggested Citation:

Turner, R. Eugene. 2017. Menhaden Landings, Catch per Set and Size data for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts, 1940-2013. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N77D2S57

Publications:

Turner, R. E. (2017). Smaller size-at-age menhaden with coastal warming and fishing intensity. Geo: Geography and Environment, 4(2), e00044. doi:10.1002/geo2.44

Purpose:

To assess changing age structure size of menhaden.

Data Parameters and Units:

Worksheet: Landings Year, Atlantic landings (1000 mt), GOM landings (1000 mt); Landings data (3 year running average, 1000 mt) for the Atlantic and GOM (Gulf of Mexico) menhaden fishing fleet from 1940 to 2013. Source for GOM landings=Table 2 in Smith JW, Vaughan DS (2011) Harvest, effort, and catch-at-age for Gulf Menhaden. SEDAR Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review, SEDAR 27-DW05, South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, North Charleston, SC. 28 pp. Source for Atlantic landings= Table 4.2 in Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (2010) Stock Assessment Report No. 10-02 of the Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment and Review Panel Reports. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 325 pp. Worksheet: GOM weight and length The mean weight (grams) and mean fork length (millimeters) of aged fish (Ages 0,1,2,3,4,5 yr) for Gulf of Mexico menhaden from 1964 to 2010. Source for Gulf of Mexico size data (weight=Table 4; length=Table 3): Vaughan DS, Smith JW, Schueller AM (2010) SEDAR 27-DW02 Age, growth and reproduction of Gulf menhaden. Beaufort, NC: NOAA Fisheries. 34 pp. Worksheet: Atlantic weight and length The mean weight (grams) and mean fork length (millimeters) of aged fish (Ages 0,1,2,3,4,5 yr) for Atlantic menhaden from 1955 to 2008. Source for Atlantic size data (weight=Table 2.4; length=Table 2.3): Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (2010) Stock Assessment Report No. 10-02 of the Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment and Review Panel Reports. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 325 pp. Worksheet: Catch per set Year, Atlantic catch per set (mt), GOM catch per set (mt); The catch (mt) per seine net set in the Atlantic and GOM (Gulf of Mexico) commercial fisheries from 1983 to 2010. Source for Gulf of Mexico catch per set data: Table 6 in Smith JW, Vaughan DS (2011) Harvest, effort, and catch-at-age for Gulf Menhaden. SEDAR Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review, SEDAR 27-DW05, South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, North Charleston, SC. 28 pp. Source for Atlantic catch per set data: Table 4.8 in Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (2010) Stock Assessment Report No. 10-02 of the Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment and Review Panel Reports. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 325 pp. Blanks indicate source data unavailable

Methods:

Sources of public data: Gulf of Mexico Landings data: Table 2 in Smith JW, Vaughan DS (2011) Harvest, effort, and catch-at-age for Gulf Menhaden. SEDAR Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review, SEDAR 27-DW05, South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, North Charleston, SC. 28 pp. http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/download/S27-DW05%20Menhaden%20Harvest%20-%20v6.pdf?id=DOCUMENT Atlantic Landings data: Table 4.2 in Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (2010) Stock Assessment Report No. 10-02 of the Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment and Review Panel Reports. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 325 pp. Gulf of Mexico size data (weight=Table 4; length=Table 3): Vaughan DS, Smith JW, Schueller AM (2010) SEDAR 27-DW02 Age, growth and reproduction of Gulf menhaden. Beaufort, NC: NOAA Fisheries. 34 pp. Atlantic size data (weight=Table 2.4; length=Table 2.3): Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (2010) Stock Assessment Report No. 10-02 of the Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment and Review Panel Reports. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 325 pp. Gulf of Mexico catch per set data: Table 6 in Smith JW, Vaughan DS (2011) Harvest, effort, and catch-at-age for Gulf Menhaden. SEDAR Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review, SEDAR 27-DW05, South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, North Charleston, SC. 28 pp. Atlantic catch per set data: Table 4.8 in Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (2010) Stock Assessment Report No. 10-02 of the Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment and Review Panel Reports. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 325 pp.

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