CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Geographical distribution of catches 1 



Collection and interpretation of the biological data 3 



Explanation of tables 4 



Catches in Alaska herring reduction fishery (Table 1) 4 



Quotas permitted by regulation and annual catches from quota areas 



(Table 2) 5 



Age composition of samples (Tables 3, 4, 5, and 6) 5 



Mean weight by age (Tables 7, 8, 9, and 10) 5 



Mean body length by age (Tables 11, 12, 13, and 14) 5 



Sex by age (Tables 15, 16, 17, and 18) 6 



Literature cited 6 



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