Talk:Atlantic menhaden

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The illustration appears to be distorted. Aspect ratio should be increased 20% or so, in life this is a relatively slim fish with proportions similar to those of a Bluefish.

I added a physical description, fishing methods, and combined use paragraphs as fishmeal, oil and fertilizer. It is, of course, most valuable as fish meal and least as fertilizer.

SEIBasaurus.

It is important to remember that Franklin has not written his article from an objective viewpoint. A better source of information would be a NGO or government website...www.asmfc.org would be a good place to start. I plan to add much more information to this in about two weeks.

Patriothntr

[edit] Missing references

References (Goode 1887) and (ASMFC 2005) were added to the text but not to the references section. What are they? Goode 1887 is perhaps George Brown Goode (1887). The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States. Section V. History and Methods of the Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.  but there were several ASMFC publications in 2005. Gdr 14:34, 12 June 2006 (UTC)