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University reviewed the manuscript. The U.S. 

 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildhfe, New Jer- 

 sey Division of Fish and Game, Pennsylvania 

 Fish Commission, and New York Department of 

 Environmental Conservation permitted use of 

 data collected during the Tri-State Surveys of the 

 Delaware River. Financial support was provided, 

 in part, by Rutgers University, The Sport Fishing 

 Institute, Delaware River Basin Commission, 

 and U.S. Public Health Service. One collection 

 was made while the author was employed at the 

 Virginia Institute of Marine Science. 



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