Through August 31, 2010, purse-seine landings of gulf and Atlantic menhaden for reduction in thousands of "standard fish"

1,2 and metric tons (and for 2009 and 2005-2009 five-year average for equivalent time) are as follows:

1 To convert to pounds, multiply by 670

2 To convert to metric tons, multiply by 0.3039

Source: United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, USA