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Acknowledgments 
We dedicate this paper to the memory of coauthors 
James Craddock and John Nicolas, who were instru- 
mental in this study. We thank J. Galbraith, T. Sutton, 
and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center for provid- 
ing fish specimens to add to the reference collection; E. 
Josephson and H. J. Foley for providing maps; B. Hay- 
ward and M. Moore for assistance with sorting stomach 
contents; K. Hartel and C. Kenaley of the Museum of 
Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, for refer- 
ence material and additional otolith measurements. 
We also recognize K. Hartel, D. Waples, F. Serchuk, M. 
Simpkins, G. Waring, and T. Fenster and 3 anonymous 
reviewers for the useful comments that helped to im- 
prove this manuscript. Our work was made possible by 
the dedication of observers from NEFOP and the co- 
operation of pelagic drift net fishermen. We thank our 
colleagues aboard the Abel-J for their assistance in the 
field. This work was funded by the Northeast Fisheries 
Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 
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