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could be able to withstand even large amounts of bycatch. 

 For this reason, the consequences of bycatch can only be 

 evaluated if examined in conjunction with some estimate 

 of stock size. 



Acknowledgments 



My sincerest gratitude goes to the fishermen who allowed 

 me on their boats: Allan Hines, Bud George, Pete Dixon, 

 Ben Ingraham, H.O. Golden, Tommy Peters, Al Gillikin, 

 and Brad Styron. Bud George also provided many helpful 

 suggestions on how to weigh the catch. I also appreciate the 

 help given to me by Oliver and Tina Lewis, Bimbo Melton, 

 Tony Cahoun, Gracie Golden, Jim Bahen, John Schoolfield, 

 Beth Bums, Bob Hines, and Jim Murray. Trish Murphey, 

 Mike Street, and Dee Lupton from NCDMF provided the 

 shrimp trip ticket data. Peter Lamb, Tyler Stanton, Sue 

 Zwicker, Pam Robinson, Walter Mayo, Amy Makepeace, 

 Martin Gallagher, Dawn O'Harra, and Jim Armstrong 

 helped to sort and identify the bycatch species. Jim Rice, 

 Larry Crowder, Joe Hightower, Ken Pollock, and Doug 

 Vaughan provided valuable input on earlier drafts of this 

 manuscript. Thanks also to Rich Strauss and Richard Ste- 

 vens for their help in using Matlab software. This manu- 

 script was significantly improved by the comments of Scott 

 Nichols and two anonymous reviewers. This research was 

 supported by a National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral 

 Fellowship, the J. Francis Allen Scholarship from the 

 American Fisheries Society, the Joseph L. Fisher Disserta- 

 tion Award from Resources for the Future, and MARFIN 

 Grant no. NA57FF0299. 



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