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16. A comparison of the stomach contents of 

 equatorial albacore, yellowfin, and bigeye tunas 

 indicates there may be some competition for food 

 between the albacore and the other two species of 

 tima. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



The assistance of the following is gratefully 

 acknowledged : Joseph J. Graham, Everet C. 

 Jones, Eugene L. Nakamura, John J. Magnuson, 

 Robert H. Riffenburgh, and Donald W. Strasburg, 

 who all offered valuable suggestions ; and also E. S. 

 Hobson, Jr., John W. Reintjes, and T. J. Rose- 

 berry, former staff members of the Biological 

 Laboratory, Honolulu, who examined part of the 

 samples. 



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