Age, Growth, and Reproduction of the Red Snapper, Lutjanus Campechanus, from the Atlantic Waters of the Southeastern U.S (original) (raw)

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Otoliths and gonadal tissue were taken from red snapper collected from fishery-inde- p endent and fishery-dependent sources between Cape Lookout, North Carolina and Key West, Florida during 1979-2000. The mean size of red snapper from fishery-dependent samples was 594 mm TL and ranged from 70-976 mm TL. Fish sampled with fishery- independent gear had a significantly smaller mean TL (426

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