As long as fish caught in the differentfisheries have the same underlying growth dynamics, then vari-able reporting rates amongst fisheries should not bias our growthestimates. However, the size range of fish available for growth esti-mation is affected; for example, information on large individuals for YFT and BET is lacking because large fish are generally caughtby the long line fishery. If growth dynamics do in fact differ betweenfishery components, then the estimated growth models may bebiased