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to analytical bias during the aging process, the documenta- 

 tion of differences in size at maturity is unmistakable. 



Acknowledgments 



This project was funded by the University of Charleston 

 (South Carolina), The Marine Resources Monitoring, 

 Assessment and Prediction program (MARMAP), the 

 Cooperative Atlantic States Shark Pupping and Nursery 

 Survey (COASTSPAN), and the W. F. Pate Memorial fund. 

 The authors would like to thank the following: MARMAP 

 personnel; the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assess- 

 ment Program (SEAMAP) personnel; Glenn Ulrich and 

 the crew of the RV Anita: Dean Grubbs, Jack Musick, 

 and the crew of the RV Bay Eagle: Bill Roumillat and the 

 SCDNR Inshore Fisheries Project; Reese Hair and the 

 crew of the FV Malachi HI: Steve Johnson and the crew 

 of the FV Miss Gina: and Gary Mckillop and the crew of 

 the FV Boiizai, for assistance in sample collection. Pat- 

 rick Harris. Charles Wenner, Steven Branstetter, Antony 

 Harold, Glenn Parsons. Enric Cortes, Jim Gelsleichter. 

 Colin Simpfendorfer, and Gregor Cailliet offered advice 

 and constructive criticism. 



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