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ior is included, the spawning season for permit and 

 horse-eye jacks is protracted from February through 

 October, and the five other carangid species described 

 in the present study spawned within this period. Pro- 

 tection of permit stocks throughout their life cycle, and 

 particularly during their spawning season, underpins 

 the associated rapidly growing and economically lucra- 

 tive flyfishing tourism. Future directions of study should 

 include a study of permit movement patterns between 

 feeding and spawning grounds and mortality rates of 

 catch-and-release fishing. 



Acknowledgments 



We would like to thank two anonymous reviewers who 

 provided helpful suggestions for the improvement of this 

 paper. The fieldwork and observations were supported 

 by grants from the UK Darwin Initiative and the UK's 

 Natural Environment Research Council. We worked 

 under permits provided by the Belize Department of 

 Fisheries. 



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