Summary
Quiz time. Name the most important fish in the sea. If you said tuna, halibut, flounder, marlin, or swordfish, you're wrong, at least according to H. Bruce Franklin. His book, "The Most Important Fish in the Sea" (2007, Island Press) makes a powerful case that menhaden is the correct answer.
If you're unfamiliar with menhaden, you're not alone. They are small, bony, oily, slimy and stinky. People don't eat menhaden, though they are used as fish and crab bait.See the full content of this document
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The Wild Side: ; We Eat What Eats Menhaden
Though people eschew menhaden, almost every predator in the ocean depends on them. Blue fin tuna in particular, eat menhaden. Schools of tuna attack unimaginably huge schools of menhaden,...
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