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lower than in November, similar to that observed in the 

 1995-96 season. The relationship between batch fecundity 

 and total length, for females taken during the spawning 

 peak (combining November 1995 and 1997 data) and 

 near the end of the season (combining February 1996 and 



March 1998 data), was curvilinear in both cases (Fig. 7A) 

 and described by the equations 



BF = 0.616TL '282 



(r2=0.82, ;i=60) 

 (spawning peak) 



