BAYLIFF: INTEGRITY OF SKIPJACK TUNA SCHOOLS 



within about 3 to 5 months, or possibly somewhat 

 longer. This is in agreement with the findings of 

 Anonymous (1960) and Lester et al. (1985), but not 

 those of Sharp (1978), discussed at the beginning 

 of this report. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Appreciation is expressed to Gayle Ver Steeg, who 

 compiled the catch and effort data; to Stephen T. 

 Buckland, Richard G. Punsly, and Patrick K. Tom- 

 linson, who contributed some ideas for analysis of 

 the data; and to Stephen T. Buckland, Andrew E. 

 Dizon, Ashley J. Mullen, Richard G. Punsly, Michael 

 D. Scott, and three anonymous reviewers, who made 

 some useful suggestions for improvement of the 

 manuscript. 



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