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![NOAA Port Agent Joanne Pellegrino, stationed in Toms River, New Jersey, removes an otolith (ear bone) from a Golden Tilefish, as part of a biological samplingexercise post0166.jpg NOAA Port Agent Joanne Pellegrino, stationed in Toms River, New Jersey, removes an otolith (ear bone) from a Golden Tilefish, as part of a biological samplingexercise](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_post0166.jpg?itok=jvx4JOQX)
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NOAA Port Agent Joanne Pellegrino, stationed in Toms River, New Jersey, removes an otolith (ear bone) from a Golden Tilefish, as part of a biological samplingexercise. Port Agents visit docks, where fish are off loaded by commercialfishers, to take samples, measure and weigh the fish. (Image credit: NOAA 200th Anniversary Postcards from the Field)