In 2013, there were 2,661,890 registered nurses in the U.S. working in a wide range of medical environments and facilities, some with specialties such as critical care. According to the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, only 67,040 CCRNs were working in the United States in 2014.
The first is known as a reduction fishery. The second is known as a bait fishery, which harvests menhaden for the use of both commercial and recreational fishermen. Commercial fishermen, especially crabbers in the Chesapeake Bay area, use menhaden to bait their traps or hooks.
This is evident in the increasing percent of total menhaden landings that are attributed to the bait fishery. Between 2001 and 2012, the percent of total landings that were used for bait rose from 13% to a high of 28% in 2012. In 2013, bait harvest composed approximately 22% of the total menhaden harvest.