AHRENHOLZ: RECRUITMENT AND EXPLOITATION OF GULF MENHADEN 



tagging programs. I am grateful to Eldon J. Levi, 

 Donnie L. Dudley, James F. Guthrie, and Charles 

 W. Krouse for assistance in editing and compiling 

 tag release-recovery data and to Rober B. Chapo- 

 ton, Charles S. Manooch III, William R. Nicholson, 

 John W. Reintjes, and William E. Schaaf for criti- 

 cally reviewing this manuscript during various 

 stages of preparation. I am indebted to Walter R. 

 Nelson for critically reviewing the manuscript and 

 providing encouragement during this study. 



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