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to be taken into account when considering the benefits 

 of these management measures in this and other crus- 

 tacean fisheries. 



Acknowledgments 



Thanks are expressed to research staff and crew of 

 the RV Naturaliste for assistance with sampling. R. 

 Campbell, N. Caputi, C. Lawrence, V. Mawson, and J. 

 Penn provided constructive criticisms to earlier drafts 

 of the paper. This work was undertaken as part of Fish- 

 eries Research and Development Corporation Project 

 2003/005. All experiments were conducted in compliance 

 with the current laws of Australia. 



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