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Habitat Suitability Index Models: Gulf Menhaden
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Gulf Menhaden
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The gulf menhaden is an estuarine-dependent marine species that inhabits
northern Gulf of Mexico waters. The species is generally replaced at the
southernmost extent of its range by the finescale menhaden (Brevoortia
gunteri) in Texas and the yellowfin menhaden (B. smithi) in Florida. According
to mark and recapture studies, there is little along-shore movement of gulf menhaden. Few gulf menhaden cross from one side of the Mississippi River
Delta to the other (Kroger and Pristas 1979).
In the Gulf of Mexico, and for the United States as a whole, the gulf
menhaden currently supports the largest commercial fishery by weight. In
1980, over 700,000 metric tons valued at $69 million dockside were landed in
Mississippi and Louisiana alone (National Marine Fisheries Service 1981).
Gulf menhaden are taken in purse seines from off Mobile Bay, Alabama, to
Galveston Bay, Texas. The catch is taken primarily from estuarine waters of
Mississippi and eastern Louisiana (Mississippi Sound and Chandeleur Sound) and nearshore marine waters of southwest Louisiana and Texas. A sizable catch is occasionally taken off Apalachicola Bay, Florida.
northern Gulf of Mexico waters. The species is generally replaced at the
southernmost extent of its range by the finescale menhaden (Brevoortia
gunteri) in Texas and the yellowfin menhaden (B. smithi) in Florida. According
to mark and recapture studies, there is little along-shore movement of gulf menhaden. Few gulf menhaden cross from one side of the Mississippi River
Delta to the other (Kroger and Pristas 1979).
In the Gulf of Mexico, and for the United States as a whole, the gulf
menhaden currently supports the largest commercial fishery by weight. In
1980, over 700,000 metric tons valued at $69 million dockside were landed in
Mississippi and Louisiana alone (National Marine Fisheries Service 1981).
Gulf menhaden are taken in purse seines from off Mobile Bay, Alabama, to
Galveston Bay, Texas. The catch is taken primarily from estuarine waters of
Mississippi and eastern Louisiana (Mississippi Sound and Chandeleur Sound) and nearshore marine waters of southwest Louisiana and Texas. A sizable catch is occasionally taken off Apalachicola Bay, Florida.
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