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Acknowledgments 



We are grateful to M. Bradford and J. Hutchings for 

 their comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. 

 We have profited from discussions with M. Fogarty. 

 This research was supported in part by the North- 

 ern Cod Science Program of Canada's Department 

 of Fisheries and Oceans. 



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