Gulf Menhaden

Welcome!  This homepage is dedicated to providing the most complete source for scientific information on the gulf menhaden population.  The information included within reflects the most current scientific data available on both the fish and the fishery.  The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission has worked hand-in-hand with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the five Gulf States (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas), and the menhaden industry for many years to monitor the gulf menhaden stocks and is confident in the assessments provided here.  If you have any questions regarding this information, please feel free to contact us here at the Commission office.

Contact Us!

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

PO Box 726

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

39566-0726

(228) 875-5912

Fax (228) 875-6604

www.gsmfc.org

Steven J. VanderKooy, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Program Coordinator

Announcing: 

The 2007 Stock Assessment for the gulf Menhaden is available from NOAA as published in Fisheries Research.  The latest assessment by Dr. Doug Vaughan and company indicate that the gulf menhaden fishery is neither overfished nor in an overfished state.  Click the image below to view the assessment.