Table 1.

Summary statistics of total lengths (TL, cm) and ages (yr) of the Neolithic, 1995 and 2003 populations. Modern data are from ICES areas 25 and 27 (figure 1).

group	mean TL, cm	s.d.	N	s.e.	lower 95% CI	upper 95% CI
Neolithic	56.4	10.0	520	0.439	55.6	57.3
1995 catch	49.5	11.1	8573	0.120	49.3	49.7
1995 stock	33.4	10.9	21652	0.074	33.3	33.5
2003 catch	48.2	9.9	5888	0.129	48.0	48.4
2003 stock	31.1	9.8	9771	0.099	30.9	31.3

group	mean age, yr	s.d.	N	s.e.	lower 95% CI	upper 95% CI
Neolithic	4.65	1.29	520	0.056	4.54	4.76
1995 catch	3.11	1.16	8573	0.013	3.09	3.13
1995 stock	2.17	0.93	21652	0.006	2.16	2.18
2003 catch	3.57	0.94	5888	0.012	3.55	3.59
2003 stock	2.17	0.91	9771	0.009	2.15	2.19