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reduce any buffer that weakfish have of with- 

 standing natural fluctuations in egg, larval, and 

 juvenile survival. Therefore, if management prac- 

 tices are to effectively regulate the weakfish re- 

 sources, geographic variations in reproductive po- 

 tential should be considered. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors would like to thank Ken Able and J. 

 Richard Trout for their helpful guidance. Dan 

 Dzenkowski and crew of the Dan Dee, Greenport, 

 Long Island, were more than generous in allowing 

 us to sample their catches, and personnel of 

 NMFS, Woods Hole, Mass., especially Ambrose 

 Jearld, kindly provided samples from the ground- 

 fish surveys. We would also like to thank Steve 

 Turner, Chuck Idelberger, and Susan Toogood for 

 their assistance and Hannah Goodale for her as- 

 sistance in preparing the manuscript. Funding for 

 this project was provided by NMFS (contract No. 

 NA-79-FAC-00041) and the New Jersey Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station (NJAES publication No. 

 D-12409-14-83). 



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