UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR • Fred A. Sea ton, Secretary 



FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE • Arnie J. Suomela, Commissioner 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries • Donald L. McKernan, Director 



GROWTH OF BLUEFIN TUNA OF THE 

 WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC 



BY FRANK J. MATHER III AND HOWARD A. SCHUCK 



FISHERY BULLETIN 179 



From the Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service 



VOLUME 61 



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