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    The Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) is a small marine filter-feeding fish belonging to the family Alosidae. The range of Gulf menhaden encompasses...
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    American menhadens into large-scaled (Gulf and Atlantic menhaden) and small-scaled (Finescale and Yellowfin menhaden) designations. The menhaden consist...
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    The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Alosidae. Atlantic menhaden are found in North...
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    1829) (Brazilian menhaden) Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand, 1948 (Finescale menhaden) Brevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 (Gulf menhaden) Brevoortia pectinata...
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    eaters; they feed on a variety of foods, mostly small finfish such as gulf menhaden, Atlantic bumpers, and anchovies. They also feed on invertebrates such...
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  • shark Grouper Grunion Grunt Grunter Grunt sculpin Gudgeon Guitarfish Gulf menhaden Gulper eel Gulper Gunnel Guppy Gurnard Haddock Hagfish Hairtail Hake...
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    reached 1.3 million tons in 2013. The most important species in the area, Gulf menhaden, reached a million tons in the mid-1980s but only half a million tons...
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    cephalopods are occasionally taken. In the Gulf of Mexico, the most important prey of the blacktip shark is the Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus), followed by...
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    ladyfish, Gulf menhaden, pigfish, smooth puffer, sand seatrout, spotted seatrout, blacktip shark, gray snapper, southern stingray, Gulf toadfish and...
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  • bottlenose dolphin, sperm whale, longlure frogfish, osprey, laughing gull, Gulf menhaden April 22, 2015 (2015-04-22) 324 Martin and Chris challenge the crew...
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  • “Omega Protein awarded Friend of the Sea certification for Sustainable Gulf Menhaden” October 13, 2014 Wisconsin Business Development, “Wisconsin Specialty...
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    krill-like prawn is used to produce shrimp paste in South East Asia. Gulf menhaden Brevoortia patronus Wild 578,693 Indian oil sardine Sardinella longiceps...
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  • dissertation was titled "The population ecology and nutrient cycling of gulf menhaden in Fourleague Bay, Louisiana". Deegan began her career in 1985 as an...
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    River, dead zones appear in the Gulf of Mexico, created from the process of eutrophication. The dead zones in the gulf are mainly created by the nitrogen...
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    Menhaden was skippered by Commander McClintock and manned by sailors from USS Darter which had been lost by grounding during the Battle of Leyte Gulf...
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    List of fishes of Florida (category Fish of the Gulf of Mexico)
    gilberti Y Y Y Gulf flounder Paralichthys albigutta Y Y Gulf killifish Fundulus grandis Y Y Gulf kingfish Menticirrhus littoralis Y Y Gulf menhaden Brevoortia...
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    Sabine Lake (category Gulf Coast of the United States)
    catfish.: III–14  Other significant fish species include the bay anchovy, Gulf menhaden and spot.: VIII–26 : 18–19  Commercial fishing in the lake produces...
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  • thailandiae) Finescale menhaden (Brevoortia gunteri) Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) Yellowfin menhaden (Brevoortia smithi) Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)...
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    that it used in hunting. Its favourite prey were fish, including Atlantic menhaden and capelin, and crustaceans. Although agile in the water, it was clumsy...
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    depends on their size. Depending on area and season, they favor squid, menhaden and other sardine-like fish (Clupeidae), jacks (Carangidae), cutlassfish...
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    Cow Bayou (category Drainage basins of the Gulf of Mexico)
    Gobiosoma bosc Naked goby Mugil cephalus Striped mullet Brevoortia patronus Gulf menhaden Leiostomus xanthurus Spot Notropis emiliae Pugnose minnow Citharichthys...
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    better known species that are important in fisheries are: Western Atlantic Gulf flounder – Paralichthys albigutta Southern flounder – Paralichthys lethostigma...
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    shrimp, and mullet; in the spring and winter, adults primarily feed on menhaden, mullet, pinfish, sea robin, lizardfish, spot, Atlantic croaker, and mudminnows...
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    (Balaenoptera ricei), also known as the Gulf of Mexico whale, is a species of baleen whale endemic to the northern Gulf of Mexico. Initially identified as...
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    Atlantic Spanish mackerel (category Fish of the Gulf of Mexico)
    shrimp and squid. Striped anchovies (Engraulidae) and clupeoids such as menhaden, alewives and thread herring (Opisthonema), are particularly important...
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    (Brephidium exilis), Finescale Menhaden or small-scaled menhaden (Brevoortia gunteri), Gulf menhaden or large scale menhaden (Brevoortia patronus), Great...
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    fish eggs, krill like Meganyctiphanes norvegica, mysids, small fishes, menhaden larvae, pteropods, annelids, tintinnids by larvae below 45 millimetres...
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  • natural gas service companies. It also produced protein products from the menhaden fish. In subsequent years Zapata sold its energy-related businesses and...
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    predatory billfish bonito mackerel salmon shark tuna Forage anchovy herring menhaden sardine shad sprat Demersal cod eel flatfish pollock ray Mixed carp tilapia...
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    are offered. Popular baits include both live fish, such as mullet and menhaden, as well as dead or strip baits consisting of fish, squid, or prawns. Crevalle...
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