Many of the processes influencing recruitment to an adult fish population or entry into a fishery occur very early in life. The variations in life histories and

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The Early Life History (ELH) of marine fishes in Fishing Area 31, which includes the western central North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, has