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not as apparent in comparisons of size structure. Despite 
significant age truncation, the effects of fishing pressure 
on somatic growth were less clear, and the impacts on 
other life history traits, such as size and age at maturity, 
remain unknown. The results of this rare opportunity to 
estimate natural mortality directly indicate that the max¬ 
imum age estimator of Then et al. (2015) is suitable for 
deepwater snappers. 
Acknowledgments 
The authors thank the crew of the NOAA Ship Oscar 
Elton Sette and participants from the Pacific Islands 
Fisheries Science Center, American Samoa Department 
of Marine and Wildlife Resources, American Samoa Office 
of Samoan Affairs, Independent Samoa Ministry of Agri¬ 
culture and Fisheries, Independent Samoa Ministry of 
Natural Resources and the Environment, U.S. Embassy, 
University of Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands Department of Fish and Wildlife for pro¬ 
viding ground support, permits, and their time. We thank 
reviewers for helpful comments. Funding was provided by 
AusAID, the Pacific Community, the French Pacific Fund, 
and the ZoNeCo. 
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