{"id":3092,"date":"2009-10-01T11:36:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T16:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2010-01-16T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T16:47:05","slug":"menhaden-seek-refuge-in-sippican-harbor-and-fall-prey-to-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=3092","title":{"rendered":"Menhaden Seek Refuge in Sippican Harbor and Fall Prey to Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sippican-harbor-001-840.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"526\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3096\" title=\"sippican-harbor-001-840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sippican-harbor-001-840.jpg\" alt=\"sippican-harbor-001-840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sippican-harbor-001-840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sippican-harbor-001-840-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Great Blue Heron on Watch in Sippican Harbor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Each fall in late September and early October, large numbers of menhaden mass in Sippican Harbor to avoid depredation by fierce and aggressive blue fish.\u00c2\u00a0 Also know as pogies, bunker and alewifes, menhaden are not used directly for human consumption, yet they form a key element in the oceanic ecosystem as a critical link between plankton and upper level predators.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/menhaden-840.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3097\" title=\"menhaden-840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/menhaden-840.jpg\" alt=\"menhaden-840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/menhaden-840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/menhaden-840-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Menhaden Infested with Parasitic Copepods<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">By this time of the year,\u00c2\u00a0many menhaden that enter coastal estuaries are beset with parasitic copepods, as well as dotted with injuries incurred in narrow escapes from blue fish attacks or foul hooking.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_0caxCn88QE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_0caxCn88QE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_0caxCn88QE&amp;fmt=18\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to View Video in High Quality<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Menhaden Escape Blue Fish and Fall Prey to Harvesting<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Menhaden form into large balls as the most effective strategy to survive violent attacks by aggressive blue fish.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, this strategy creates a hugh vulnerability to harvesting by commercial fishermen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Blue Heron on Watch in Sippican Harbor Each fall in late September and early October, large numbers of menhaden mass in Sippican Harbor to avoid depredation by fierce and aggressive blue fish.\u00c2\u00a0 Also know as pogies, bunker and alewifes, menhaden are not used directly for human consumption, yet they form a key element in 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