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son. The estimates of catchability at the end of these 

 two seasons exhibited a similar difference. The 

 catches at the beginning of the 1995-96 season were 

 much higher than those in the same period of the 



1994-95 season I Fig. 2 ). High catchability rates may 

 be associated with abundant stocks. Thus, it can be 

 concluded that high catchability is expected when 

 recruitment is good. 



