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marlin Makaira indica (Table 4). The blue marlin 

 M. nigricans was not present on the records examined, 

 but occurs in the area. Usually 1 or 2 marlin were 

 captured. Records of measured or estimated sizes show 

 that some fish were large, e.g., a 3.2m sailfish and a 

 4.4 m (total length) marlin. A swordfish Xiphius gladius 

 was also recorded in one of the sampled sets. 



"Bullet" tuna (Auxis sp.) and black skipjack Euthyn- 

 nus lineatus are small tunas often taken in large 

 numbers— but usually recorded in tons— in log-fish sets 

 off Central America. Bullet tuna and black skipjack 

 were very seldom in porpoise-fish sets. The associa- 

 tion rate for bullet tuna was 10% for fleet log-fish sets 

 and 41% for TMD log- fish sets (Table 2; Figs. 2, 3). 



