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References

• Atlantic Menhaden Interstate Fisheries Management - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissionhttp://www.asmfc.org/atlanticMenhaden.htm
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes. 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905
• Franklin, H.B. 2001. The most important fish in the sea. In Discover Magazine, September 2001. Retrieved March 9, 2012 from http://discovermagazine.com/2001/sep/featfish
• Franklin, H.B. 2007. The most important fish in the sea: Menhaden and America. Island Press. 280 pp.
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• Waine, M. 2011. Species Profile: Atlantic Menhaden Board Explores New Biological Reference Points for the Short- and Long-term ASMFC Fisheries Focus, Vol. 20, Issue 4. Retrieved March 9, 2012 from www.asmfc.org/speciesDocuments/menhaden/menhadenProfile.pdf
• Whitehead, Peter J. P. 1985. Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1. x + 303
• Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. February 25, 2012. “Menhaden”. Retrieved March 7, 2012 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Menhaden&oldid=478745189
• Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. March 5, 2012. “Atlantic Menhaden”. Retrieved March 7, 2012 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_menhaden&oldid=480304961