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Figure 2. Atlantic surfclam shell length and age data collected during the 2005 NEFSC clam survey off New Jersey (survey strata 17, 21, 25 and 87-90, n = 517). The dark line shows the von Bertalanffy growth model fit to the data (K = 0.156 y^-1, t₀ = -1.54 y and L_max =16.3 cm, figure provided by L. Jacobson, NEFSC).