The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Alosidae. Atlantic menhaden are found in North Atlantic...

yellowfin menhaden and finescale menhaden. In addition, yellowfin menhaden tail rays are a bright yellow in contrast to those of the Atlantic menhaden. Recent...

morphology and DNA analyses suggest that the Gulf menhaden is the Gulf of Mexico complement to the Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus). Both species support...

The genus Brevoortia are all species of menhaden, there are found mainly in western Atlantic and consist of the following species: Brevoortia aurea (Spix...

that it used in hunting. Its favourite prey were fish, including Atlantic menhaden and capelin, and crustaceans. Although agile in the water, it was...

is home to the fishing industry for Atlantic menhaden, a small oily fish found in great abundance in mid-Atlantic coastal waters. The Omega Protein corporation...

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 in...

populations. Atlantic tripletails are opportunistic eaters; they feed on a variety of foods, mostly small finfish such as gulf menhaden, Atlantic bumpers,...

home to the Atlantic menhaden fishing industry. It is named for Captain Elijah W. Reed (1827-1888), who is credited with bringing the menhaden fishing industry...

7–5.9 in) long are taken in September off Long Island. Atlantic bonito eat mackerel, menhaden, alewives, silversides, sand lances, and other fishes, as...

speeds and respiration rates of a filter-feeding planktivore, the Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (Pisces: Clupeidae)". Fishery Bulletin. 78 (4):...

The Atlantic cod (pl.: cod; Gadus morhua) is a fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as cod or codling....

filter feeders. For example, the Atlantic menhaden, a type of herring, lives on plankton caught in midwater. Adult menhaden can filter up to four gallons...

Northumberland County, Virginia. Reedville has a long heritage in the Atlantic menhaden fishing industry, and the museum dedicates itself to preserving the...

shrimp and squid. Striped anchovies (Engraulidae) and clupeoids such as menhaden, alewives and thread herring (Opisthonema), are particularly important...

crab species. Some of these include the Atlantic menhaden, striped bass, American eel, eastern oyster, Atlantic horseshoe crab, and the blue crab. Birds...

species include: American eel American lobster Atlantic croaker Atlantic herring Atlantic menhaden Atlantic sturgeon Black Drum Black sea bass Bluefish Coastal...

Temporal range: Late Jurassic–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota...

small fishes, menhaden larvae, pteropods, annelids, tintinnids by larvae below 45 millimetres (1.8 in), Haplosphaera, Pseudocalanus. Atlantic herring can...

salmon, menhaden, anchovy, sea bass, herring, mackerel, cod, whiting and flatfish, and occasionally shrimp, crabs, mollusks, and squid. Atlantic subspecies...

herring like the alewife, shad, Atlantic herring, and Atlantic menhaden, They also would have consumed the Atlantic sturgeon and drum. In the West, Pacific...

northwestern Atlantic is the Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), with sharks of all ages off northwestern Florida eat almost nothing else. The menhaden are...

niloticus Wild 235,003 Longtail tuna Thunnus tonggol Wild 234,427 Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus Wild 224,404 Giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon...

variety of species, including, small schooling fish like anchovies and Atlantic Menhaden, assorted crabs, shrimp, mollusks, and even large zooplankton. Weakfish...

of the herring family which is abundant off the Atlantic coast from New England southward. Menhaden was laid down by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc...

fishes change their feeding strategy throughout their lives; the Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is an obligate filter feeder in early life stages...

perch (Bairdiella chrysoura) Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)-Also...

mollusks. Commonly consumed fish include menhaden, eels, silversides, wrasses, jacks, toadfish, and filefish. Atlantic sharpnose sharks are born ranging from...

controversy. In December 2012, in the face of the depletion of Atlantic menhaden, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission imposed a limit on Omega's...

invasive species in North America List of invasive species in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States Environmental issues in the United States Tilapia...