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 8, 2013


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

FROM:            	Joseph W. Smith

SUBJECT:         	Status Purse-Seine Landings of Gulf and Atlantic Menhaden for
			 the 2012 Fishing Season



Final landings for the 2012 gulf and Atlantic menhaden purse-seine fishing season for reduction
in thousands of "standard fish"1,2 and metric tons (and for 2011 and 2007-2011 five-year average
for equivalent time) are as follows:


Gulf Menhaden		 2012		2011	     Change	5-yr average	Change

  Moss Point, Empire,
  Abbeville, and 
  Cameron combined:
 
  Total Standard Fish: 1,903,131     2,017,969       -5.7%        1,533,214     +24.1%
  Total Metric Tons:     578,362       613,261                      465,944
                                                  


Atlantic Menhaden

  Reedville: 

  Total Standard Fish:   528,551       572,626       -7.7%          537,313      -1.6%
  Total Metric Tons:     160,627       174,021                      163,289


1 To convert to pounds, multiply by 670
2 To convert to metric tons, multiply by 0.3039