U.S. Department 

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Robert Mosbacher 

 Secretary 



National Oceanic 

 and Atmospheric 

 Administration 



John A. Knauss 

 Under Secretary for 

 Oceans and Atmosphere 



IMational IVIarine 

 Fisheries Service 



William W. Fox, Jr. 

 Assistant Administrator 

 for Fisheries 







Scientific Editor 

 Dr. Andrew E. Dizon 



La Jolla Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries Center 

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Dr. Jay Barlow National Marine Fisheries Service 



Dr. William H. Bayliff Inter-Amencan Tropical Tuna Commission 



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The Fishery Bulletin carries original research reports and technical notes on investiga- 

 tions in fishery science, engineering, and economics. The Bulletin of the United States 

 Fish Commission was begun in 1881; it became the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries 

 in 1904 and the Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service in 1941. Separates 

 were issued as documents through volume 46; the last document was No. 1103. Begin- 

 ning with volume 47 in 1931 and continuing through volume 62 in 1963, each separate 

 appeared as a numbered bulletin. A new system began in 1963 with volume 63 in 

 which papers are bound together in a single issue of the bulletin. Beginning with 

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