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to obtain valid estimates of L^ or K. Among 

 fishery biologists, there seems to be less of a 

 consensus on the maximum size of females than of 

 males, but generally it is thought that female blue 

 marlin have a maximum weight of less than 900 

 kg. Hence, our estimates of L^ seemed too large. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The efforts of many people collecting data over a 

 10-yr period from the fresh fish auctions in Ho- 

 nolulu have made this paper possible. Thanks are 

 extended to James B. Reynolds, Luis R. Rivas, 

 Michael F. Tillman, and the anonymous reviewers 

 for their helpful comments on an earlier version of 

 this manuscript. 



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