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What (who) is Menhaden - definition
INFORMAL NAME FOR SOME FISHES
Brevoortia; Ethmidium; Pogy; Mossbunker; Mossbonker; Bunker (fish); Pogies
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menhaden
[m?n'he?d(?)n]
¦ noun a large deep-bodied fish of the herring family, found off the east coast of North America. [Brevoortia tyrannus and related species.]
Origin
C18: from Algonquian.
Menhaden
·noun An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers;
- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, ·etc.
menhaden
n.
See manhaden.
Wikipedia
Menhaden
Menhaden, also known as mossbunker and bunker and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, two genera of marine fish in the family Clupeidae. Menhaden is a blend of poghaden (pogy for short) and an Algonquian word akin to Narragansett munnawhatteaûg, derived from munnohquohteau ("he fertilizes"), referring to their use of the fish as fertilizer. It is generally thought that Pilgrims were advised by Tisquantum (also known as Squanto) to plant menhaden with their crops.
Examples of use of Menhaden
1. Menhaden are considered plentiful in the Atlantic Ocean, but some environmentalists and sport fishermen are concerned that Omega is overfishing menhaden in the Chesapeake.
2. An additional $120 million is earmarked for shrimp and Atlantic menhaden fishermen.
3. That fishing industry is getting a second shot this year, with $120 million in the House–passed war–spending bill earmarked for shrimp and menhaden fishermen.
4. Menhaden are a small, oily bait fish that serve as a food source for other fish in the bay such has rockfish.
5. Wednesday‘s vote by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission would curtail the annual menhaden catch in the bay to 106,000 metric tons for five years beginning in 2006.