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 Package: FSA
-Version: 0.8.26.9000
+Version: 0.8.27
 Date: 2020-2-2
 Title: Simple Fisheries Stock Assessment Methods
 Description: A variety of simple fish stock assessment methods.
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-# FSA 0.8.27 ongoing
+# FSA 0.8.27 2-Feb-20
 * Now using ROxygen2  7.0.2.
 # Removed dependency on `gplots` package as it is now orphaned. Required adding `iRichColors()` internal function.
 * `lwCompPreds()`: Removed `\dots` from arguments as it was not in usage (per request from CRAN on 3-Feb-20).