Atlantic Coast Menhaden Landings 1950 to 1996
(retrieved from the NMFS commercial fisheries landings page Link to NMFS commercial landings page)
 
Year
Menhaden
(metric tons)
Finfish - Bait
Finfish - 
Unclassified
Total
1950
317648
43218
 
360866
1951
348862
19991
 
368853
1952
418946
22357
 
441303
1953
571092
41012
 
612105
1954
606243
61277
 
667520
1955
629044
63808
 
692852
1956
697362
64900
 
762263
1957
602194
86641
 
688835
1958
501802
71747
 
573549
1959
658122
74819
 
732941
1960
534045
24419
 
558465
1961
587065
29318
 
616383
1962
585738
53557
 
639295
1963
384698
63109
 
447807
1964
302016
78768
 
380784
1965
318993
79253
 
398246
1966
233620
51969
 
285589
1967
210296
48906
 
259202
1968
250269
43351
 
293620
1969
177051
34491
 
211542
1970
284871
26199
 
311070
1971
266192
19121
 
285313
1972
378039
13861
 
391900
1973
369110
23578
 
392688
1974
319763
19419
 
339182
1975
275189
12022
 
287211
1976
363637
12933
 
376570
1977
108761
60659
215082
384502
1978
122262
55419
175058
352739
1979
158504
59955
248059
466518
1980
143632
66014
237886
447531
1981
230737
8581
176984
416303
1982
139972
7713
265225
412910
1983
118790
6626
287909
413325
1984
93637
6206
222129
321973
1985
72879
5330
293389
371599
1986
52184
4590
204698
261472
1987
44059
3916
283945
331920
1988
51286
4530
259639
315455
1989
38386
3817
287910
330113
1990
45137
3265
331834
380236
1991
68488
2888
282034
353410
1992
51796
2185
265628
319609
1993
50752
3209
303726
357687
1994
57015
3739
207098
267851
1995
45153
323977
7559
376688
1996
40758
268647
8017
317422