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NOAA Technical Reports NMFS published during the first 6 months of 1989. 



72. Age determination methods for northwest Atlantic 

 species. By Judy Penttila and Louise M. Dery (edi- 

 tors). December 1988, iv + 135 p., 2 app. 



Introduction. By Judy Penttila, Ambrose Jearld, Jr. , 

 and Steve Clark. Pages 3-4, 1 table. 



Glossaiy of terms. Page 5. 



Methods and equipment. By Judy Penttila, Fred 

 Nichy, John Ropes, Louise Dery, and Ambrose Jearld, 

 Jr. Pages 7-16, 20 figs. 



Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus. By Louise M. 

 Dery. Pages 17-22, 12 figs. 



Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus. By Judy 

 Penttila. Pages 23-29, 11 figs. 



Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. By Judy Penttila. 

 Pages 31-36, 13 figs. 



Pollock, PoUachius virens. By Kristina G. Andrade 

 and Christine P. Smith. Pages 37-40, 8 figs. 

 Silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis. By Louise M. 

 Dery. Pages 41-47, 21 figs. 



Red hake Urophycis chuss. By Louise M. Dery. 

 Pages 49-57, 22 figs. 



Black sea bass, Centropristis striata. By Louise M. 

 Dery and Jane Palmer Mayo. Pages 59-69, 8 figs. 



Weakfish, Cynoscion regalis. By Gary R. Shep- 

 herd. Pages 71-76, 10 figs. 



Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus. By Louise M. 

 Dery. Pages 77-84, 14 figs. 



Butterfish, PeprUus triacanthus. By Louise M. 

 Dery. Pages 85-92, 22 figs. 



Redfish, Sebastesfasciatiis. By Violet M. Gifford and 

 Maurice K. Crawford. Pages 93-96, 5 figs.. 



Summer flounder, Paralkhthys dentatus. By Louise 

 M. Dery. Pages 97-102, 13 figs. 



Winter flounder, Pseudopleuwnectes americanus. By 

 Brenda Fields. Pages 103-107, 8 figs. 



Witch flounder, Glyptoceplmlus cynoglossus. By Jay 

 Burnett. Pages 109-110, 3 figs. 



American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides. By 

 Louise M. Dery. Pages 111-118, 21 figs. 



Yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferniginea. By Judy 

 Penttila. Pages 119-124, 10 figs. 



Surf clam, Spisula soIUdissima. By John W. Ropes 

 and Gary R. Shepherd. Pages 125-128, 3 figs. 



Ocean quahog, Arctica islandica. By John W. 

 Ropes. Pages 129-132, 3 figs. 



73. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States. 

 Mollusca: Cephalopoda. By Michael Vecchione, 



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