Otoliths (n=600) were sampled mainly from the 2014 acoustic survey mark identification tows in management area OEO 3A to provide age frequencies by area (Area 1 and Area 2&3). The current study confirmed the results found in a previous ageing study that used data from 1997 to 2006, i.e., age distributions were similar in Area 1 and Area 2&3, and mean length at age was lower in Area 1 relative to that in Area 2&3.
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