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Acknowledgments 
We appreciate B. Hoffman for coordinating collection of 
marine samples and the field and laboratory assistance 
of intern N. Delphin from Manchester High School, fyke 
net technicians K. Taylor, C. Woodhead, and K. Magowan, 
and K. Broomstein, an American Fisheries Society Hut¬ 
ton Scholar. We thank G. Nelson, E. Schultz, G. Skomal, 
and anonymous reviewers for comments on previous 
versions. We received financial support through the 
Sportfish Restoration Act and from the NOAA Protected 
Species Program. 
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