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Figure 2 



Length (SL. mm) frequency distribution of gray snapper juveniles by region and sampling month in 1996. 



to November in the most southern area. The first juvenile thic scrape and only one in the otter trawl along the entire 



was collected in the otter trawl in June 1996 from the WFS. The largest numbers were collected in September 



Southwest (Fig. 2). In July we collected 14 fish in the ben- and October from the Panhandle and Southwest. The fol- 



