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ing along the east coast. Evidence to link the MATERIALS AND METHODS 

 offshore occurrences of bluefish larvae to the es- 



tuarine occurrences of bluefish juveniles also is (Table 1, Figure 1) 

 presented. This early life history information re- 

 lates to what is known of the number and relative An ichthyoplankton study of Atlantic continen- 

 sizes of populations of bluefish along the east tal shelf waters by the Sandy Hook Laboratory 

 coast. began in 1965-66 with a survey from Cape Cod to 



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