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Length (SL, mm) frequency distribution of gray snapper juveniles by region and sampling month in 1997. 



lowing year (19971, juveniles were initially collected in The catch rate decreased in June, then increased during 



April in the otter trawl in the most southerly part of the late summer, and peaked in September. Only two fish were 



Southwest sampling area (i.e. near Sanibel Island) (Fig. 3). collected in the benthic scrape, both in June. 



