Franklin, H. Bruce.

The Most Important Fish in the Sea. / H. Bruce Franklin. - Discover, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 38. Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: The Most Important Fish in the Sea, Sept. 2001; pp. 44-50.

"Menhaden are oily and foul and packed with tiny bones. No one eats them. Yet they are the most important fish caught along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, exceeding the tonnage of all other species combined." (DISCOVER) This article examines the menhaden, an inedible fish which is crucial in the coastal marine food chain.

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Feeds.
Fish populations.
Food chains (Ecology)
Menhaden.


Chesapeake Bay (Maryland and Virginia)

AC1.S5

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