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Erratum 



Fishery Bulletin 98(1):127-138 (2000). 



Seyoum, Seifu, Michael D. Tringali, Theresa M. Bert, 

 Doug McElroy, and Rod Stokes 



An analysis of genetic population structure in red drum 

 (Sciaenops ocellatus) based on mtDNA control region 

 sequences 



On page 128 (right column, second paragraph) the authors wrote 

 ■". . . state agencies in Alabama. Florida, South Carolina, and 

 Texas studied the feasibility of stock enhancement as a means of 

 supplementing wild populations." Later in the same paragraph, 

 they also stated that ". . . because broodstock for large-scale 

 enhancement programs along the Atlantic seaboard have been 

 obtained from Mosquito Lagoon and nearby esturaries. there 

 is a potential for artificial genetic exchange between putatively 

 separate gene pools (e.g. those of Mosquito Lagoon and the 

 Carolinas)." 



The authors would like to clarify that the South Carolina 

 Department of Natural Resources u.ses only locally obtained red 

 drum for broodstock in its stocking programs. It was culturisls 

 for private facilities in South Carolina who used broodstock from 

 Florida Mosquito Lagoon to produce red drum for worldwide 

 distribution. The risk posited in our Introduction, as it related 

 to the Carolinas, pertained to escapement or mishandling of the 

 imported broodstock and their progeny. 



