United States Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
NOAA Beaufort Laboratory
101 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort, NC  28516 USA

January 4, 2016


MEMORANDUM FOR:  	Industry Members, State, and NOAA Fisheries Personnel with Special Interest
			in the Menhaden Fisheries

FROM:            	Ray Mroch, 252-728-8765

SUBJECT:         	Status Purse-Seine Landings of Gulf and Atlantic Menhaden for the 2016
			Fishing Season

For 2016, purse-seine landings of Gulf and Atlantic Menhaden for reduction in thousands of "standard fish"(1,2) 
and metric tons (and for 2015 and 2011-2015 five-year average for equivalent time):


Gulf Menhaden		   2016		   2015		Change		5-yr average(3)       Change

  Moss Point, Empire,
  and Abbeville
  combined:
 
Total Standard Fish:    1,595,096         1,762,711     -9.5%              1,722,058           -7.4%
Total Metric Tons:        484,750           535,688                          523,333
                                                  


Atlantic Menhaden

  Reedville: 

Total Standard Fish:      452,100           472,127     -4.2%                487,149          -7.2%
Total Metric Tons         137,393           143,479                          148,045



1 To convert to pounds, multiply by 670
2 To convert to metric tons, multiply by 0.3039
3 Gulf values include landings at the factory in Cameron, LA, which closed in December 2013