Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 King crab dethroned
- 3 The rise and fall of the California sardine empire
- 4 El Niño and variability in the northeastern Pacific salmon fishery: implications for coping with climate change
- 5 The US Gulf shrimp fishery
- 6 The menhaden fishery: interactions of climate, industry, and society
- 7 Maine lobster industry
- 8 Human responses to weather-induced catastrophes in a west Mexican fishery
- 9 Irruption of sea lamprey in the upper Great Lakes: analogous events to those that may follow climate warming
- 10 North Sea herring fluctuations
- 11 Atlanto-Scandian herring: a case study
- 12 Global warming impacts on living marine resources: Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars as an analogy
- 13 Adjustments of Polish fisheries to changes in the environment
- 14 Climate-dependent fluctuations in the Far Eastern sardine population and their impacts on fisheries and society
- 15 The Peru–Chile eastern Pacific fisheries and climatic oscillation
- 16 Climate change, the Indian Ocean tuna fishery, and empiricism
- 17 Climate variability, climate change, and fisheries: a summary
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6 - The menhaden fishery: interactions of climate, industry, and society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 King crab dethroned
- 3 The rise and fall of the California sardine empire
- 4 El Niño and variability in the northeastern Pacific salmon fishery: implications for coping with climate change
- 5 The US Gulf shrimp fishery
- 6 The menhaden fishery: interactions of climate, industry, and society
- 7 Maine lobster industry
- 8 Human responses to weather-induced catastrophes in a west Mexican fishery
- 9 Irruption of sea lamprey in the upper Great Lakes: analogous events to those that may follow climate warming
- 10 North Sea herring fluctuations
- 11 Atlanto-Scandian herring: a case study
- 12 Global warming impacts on living marine resources: Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars as an analogy
- 13 Adjustments of Polish fisheries to changes in the environment
- 14 Climate-dependent fluctuations in the Far Eastern sardine population and their impacts on fisheries and society
- 15 The Peru–Chile eastern Pacific fisheries and climatic oscillation
- 16 Climate change, the Indian Ocean tuna fishery, and empiricism
- 17 Climate variability, climate change, and fisheries: a summary
- Index
Summary
Introduction
Menhaden are uncommon as a food fish, and thus are unfamiliar to the general public. There are two species of menhaden off the US coast, each of which supports a separate US menhaden fishery, the Atlantic coast fishery (Brevoortia tyrannus), and the Gulf of Mexico fishery (B. patronus). Together, they comprise one of the largest (by weight) commercial fisheries in the US (Henry, 1971; Rothschild, 1983). Prior to World War II, Atlantic menhaden dominated the total catch. Between World War II and 1962, larger and more efficient vessels led to a steady increase in Gulf landings (Vaughan et al., 1988). By 1963 Gulf menhaden landings exceeded those from the Atlantic (Henry, 1971).
The menhaden processing industry produces fish meal, fish oil, and fish solubles. During 1980, for example, more than 75 percent of the fish meal produced was used domestically, and over 90 percent of the fish oil was exported, primarily to European markets (Hu et al., 1983). Menhaden, therefore, are of value not only to the US economy and fishing industry, but also play a role in the international marketplace. Present-day development of new products and uses of menhaden by-products, such as medicinal uses of fish oil and surimi (minced fish), is bringing the menhaden fishery into a new prominence which will directly benefit the diet and health of citizens in the US and elsewhere.
This chapter focuses on historical changes in Atlantic menhaden.
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- Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries , pp. 121 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992