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pressed to the several commercial fishermen, and 

 particularly B. Miller, O. Mcintosh, and C. Smith, 

 who provided fish and access to their log books. R. I. 

 C. C. Francis provided a valuable input into the ap- 

 proaches adopted in this study. We appreciate the 

 constructive comments made on the manuscript by 

 G. Hyndes, M. Platell, W. Fletcher, B. Wise, by the 

 two referees, and the Scientific Editor. 



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