MATURITY AND SPAWNING OF ALBACORE 



297 



and mm. (lower figure) , for ovaries from the Hawaiian Islands ' 



(Asterisks mark mortal diameters] 



i i r 



l — i — I — I — I — I — I I I I I r 



MALES 

 FEMALES 



N = 294 



00 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 



I I I I I I I I 



101 103 105 107 109 III 113 115 



116 



I 



117 



FISH LENGTH (CM.) 



Figure 9. — Size distribution, by sex, of central equatorial Pacific albacore captured during the years 1952 to 1957, and 



for which sex and size data were recorded. 



