Abstract
The analysis of body size and growth information has been a major preoccupation of fisheries scientists throughout most of this century. Growth in body size is obviously a major component of biological production, and the problem of “growth overfishing” (taking too many fish when they are too small) cannot be ignored in many fisheries. Beyond the valid concern with growth as a component of production, large volumes of size information are often gathered simply because they are cheap and easy to get, and might contain useful information about longevity, mortality, and variation in recruitment rates (e.g., presence of strong modes in the length frequency distribution)
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