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Figure 1 



(A) Fishing effort distribution I0=noon positions of vessels on fishing days with sets) of the Soviet tuna purse- 

 seine fishery in 1985-94; (B-Di sampled set positions: (B) on free-swimming schools that were sampled; (C) on 

 whale-shark (A) and whale-associated schools (x); (D) on log-associated schools. The shaded area represents the 

 region of the main international tuna purse-seine fishing activity in the WIO. according to Ardill." 



the distribution of the total fishing effort of the Soviet 

 fleet in the WIO (Fig. 11. Sampled sets were distributed 

 throughout the region of the principal international tuna 

 purse-seine fishing activity in the WIO (Aj-dill"). Thus, I 



Ardill, J. D. 1995. Atlas of industrial tuna fisheries in the 

 Indian Ocean ( IPTP/95/AT/3 ). IPTP, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 138 p. 

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