Gillanders et al,; Aging methods for Ser/o/a lalandi 



823 



and Lyons, 1991). More recently, the belief that per- 

 centage agreement is inappropriate has been ques- 

 tioned. Although it is acknowledged that percent 

 agreement is not interpretable as a property of the 

 species or stock, it is thought to be more intuitive 

 than other methods (Hoenig et al., 1995). Coefficient 



of variation (CV) is thought to adjust for the abso- 

 lute age of the fish and therefore is frequently used 

 to make comparisons among species of varying ages. 

 Kingfish had values of CV within those of previous 

 studies, but at the higher end (present study 7.6- 

 12% versus other species 3.2-12.9% [Kimura and 



