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ogy at CSULB for providing funds for this project. 
The following businesses kindly provided specimens: 
Ron’s Bait and Tackle in Redondo Beach, Terminal 
Island Seafood Company, and the sports fishermen 
of 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro. Maria Vohevic 
from the California Department of Fish and Game 
in Long Beach provided information on catches of 
guitarfish. Additionally, the following persons pro- 
vided support: Tim Dorsey of the Seal Beach Life- 
guards, Chris Lowe, Joe Sisneros, Kirk McCoy, 
Marsha Schindler, Alisa Shulman, Shelly Moore, Adel 
Rajab, Matthew Timney, the Young Scholars instruc- 
tors, Dave Soltz, Alan Miller, Cindy, Jessica, and 
Andrew Bray, and Peg and Ed Timmons. This re- 
search was part of an M.S. thesis, presented by the 
senior author at California State University Long 
Beach, Long Beach, California. 
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