menhaden
Atlantic oily forage
Menhaden are small, oily fish of the herring family found along the Atlantic coast of North America.
They travel in enormous schools and are harvested commercially not for eating but for rendering into fish meal, fertilizer, and oil.
Menhaden are a crucial food source for larger fish, making them ecologically significant despite being commercially unappetizing.
Small silvery Atlantic fish
- shadCoastal herring variety
- alewifeSmall herringlike fish
- anchovySmall, salty forage fish
- sardineSmall herring-family fish
bunker · schooling · forage · pelagic · brackish · estuary · Atlantic · Gulf
Dried ground seafood
- omega-3Polyunsaturated dietary fat
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
- purse-seineEncircling net with drawstring
processing · commodity · byproduct · extraction · refining
Friend or fish scraps
- hookCurved catching device
- lureThing that tempts
- anglingRecreational hook-and-line pursuit
- tackleGear or takedown
fishing · bluefish · crabbing · trawling · netting · cast · line · bloodworm
Drifting marine microlife
- filter-feedingTrapping particles from water
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- predationHunting and consuming prey
algae · phytoplankton · osprey · bluefish · overfishing · conservation · sustainability
herring
Small silvery Atlantic fish
sardine · bunker · schooling · forage · pelagic · brackish · estuary · Atlantic · Gulf · Chesapeake
fishmeal
Dried ground seafood
- omega-3Polyunsaturated dietary fat
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
purse-seine · processing · commodity · byproduct · extraction · refining
chum
Friend or fish scraps
tackle · fishing · bluefish · crabbing · trawling · netting · cast · line · bloodworm · surf-casting
plankton
Drifting marine microlife
- filter-feedingTrapping particles from water
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- biodiversityRange of life forms
predation · algae · phytoplankton · osprey · bluefish · overfishing · conservation · sustainability