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We thank T. Averett, J. Edwards, T. Ellis, A. Flynt, 
M. Fox, D. Heithaus, M. May, J. Merrell, J. Morley, P. 
Rudershausen, and A. Waggener for field assistance. 
We also thank J. Romine, J. Musick, and the Virginia 
Institute of Marine Science for compiling and sharing 
the longline survey data, as well as NOAA Fisheries 
Woods Hole Laboratory for providing groundfish survey 
data. We also acknowledge assistance from M. Hamric, 
D. Skinner, L. Judy, and C. Etheridge of NCDMF. We 
also thank K. Pollock, J. Gilliam, and L. Daniel, and 
three anonymous reviewers for comments on previous 
versions of this manuscript. 
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