FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 79. NO 2 



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Southeast Texas 

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300 Miles SW of 

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Galveston Bay 

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90 Miles West of 

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Pensacola Bay 

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Figure 2. — The mean release area-specific availability by age of Gulf menhaden tagged as juveniles to individual ports in the Gulf of 

 Mexico. Vertical arrows denote approximate release location with respect to the ports, horizontal arrows denote release locations 

 beyond the range of the figure. The actual (unadjusted) number of tag returns is given for each release area. 



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