AUSTIN and HICKEY: PREDICTING ABUNDANCE OF STRIPED BASS 



lantic coastal breeding grounds. Future research 

 and managment efforts should take these into 

 consideration. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We acknowledge the help of the following: 

 Joseph Boone, Maryland Department of Natural 

 Resources, Annapolis, Md., for unpublished Mary- 

 land year class data; John V. Merriner, Virginia 

 Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Va., 

 for his unpublished Virginia data; Bryon H. 

 Young, New York State Department of Environ- 

 mental Conservation, Stony Brook, N.Y., for the 

 use of unpublished data; and Fred Blossom, Na- 

 tional Marine Fisheries Service, Patchogue, N.Y., 

 for data on New York landings. J. L. McHugh, 

 State University of New York, and Jack P. Wise 

 and Richard H. Schaefer, National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, reviewed the manuscript. Their 

 comments are appreciated. 



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