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Fishery Bulletin 103(4) 



contains the highest relative abundance of adult flathead 

 sole off the west coast of North America (Wolotira et 

 al. 1 ). Generally, outside the study area the abundance 

 of adult flathead sole is low (Wolotira et al. 1 ); therefore 

 these areas most likely had very little effect on the 

 abundance of eggs and larvae collected from within the 

 study area. 



In the western Gulf of Alaska flathead sole spawn 

 in three main areas during the spring: near the Kenai 

 Peninsula, in Shelikof Strait, and in the area between 

 the Shumagin Islands and Unimak Island. Spawning 

 progresses in a southwesterly direction along the Alas- 

 ka Peninsula. Flathead sole in spawning condition are 

 abundant from March through May (Hirschberger and 



