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Acknowledgments 



We wish to thank all fishermen who enthusiastically 

 contributed to this study, especially Walter Bell, Cecil 

 Goodrich, and James Burch. Special thanks go to 

 Robert McMichael, Lewis Bullock, and Mark God- 

 charles for assistance with field work. This paper 

 benefited from reviews by Roy Williams, Glenn Par- 

 sons, Behzad Mahmoudi, and Judith Leiby. Age valida- 

 tion work was supported by a MARFIN grant, NA86- 

 WC-H-06136, from the National Oceanic and Atmo- 

 spheric Administration through the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service. Marjorie Myers skillfully typed all 

 drafts of this manuscript. 



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