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Moore, Harvey L. — Continued 



1951b. Estimation of age and growth of yellow- 

 fin tuna (Neothunnus macropterus) in Ha- 

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Scale and vertebra reading, and weight 

 frequency analysis. 



MORiCE, Jean 



1953a. Essai syst^matique sur les families des 

 Cybiidae, Thunnidae, et Katsuwonidae, pois- 

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Discussion of anatomy and systematics of 

 the genera Acanthocybiuvi, Cybium, 

 Grammatorcynus, Sarda, Orcynopsis, 

 Gymnosarda, Thunnus, Germo, Parathyn- 

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 and Auxis; keys to the genera; brief biblio- 

 graphies; figures of A. solandri. C. ma- 

 culatum, C. regale. C. cavalla, S. sarda, S. 

 orientalis, G.alalonga, K. pelamis, E. aUet- 

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1953b. Un caractfere syst^matique pouvant servir 

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Descriptions and figures of livers of T. 

 thynnus, G. alalonga, P. obesus, Neothun- 

 nus albacora, and S. sarda; liver morph- 

 ology as a systematic character. 



MOEOVIC, DINKO. 



1950. Prilog bibliografiji jadranskog rlbarstva. 

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Bibliography of material on Adriatic (and 

 other) fisheries published in the Croatian 

 language from 1869 to 1949. 



Morrow, James e. 



1954. Data on dolphin, yellowfin tuna, and little 

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Morphometric measurements and sex of 

 11 Euthynnus af finis and 29 Thunnus alba- 

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MOWBRAY, LOUIS L. 



1935. Description of the Bermuda large-eyed tuna, 

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MURAYAMA, BiNZO, and ShirO OKtmA. 



1950. A study of experimental AmericEin-style 

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Catches of purse seiners fishing skipjack 

 and black tuna off the Japanese coast; 

 construction details of a 50-ton purse 

 seiner. 



MURAYAMA, BiNZO, and ShirO Okura. — Continued 



1952. A study of experimental American-style 

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Catches and details of operations of purse 

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 off the Japanese coast; details of seine 

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 Murphy, Garth, I., and E. L. Niska. 



1953. Experimental tuna purse seining in the cen- 

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Description of gear, results of purse sein- 

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 waiian islands; factors affecting success: 

 weather, clarity of water, vertical thermal 

 structure, behavior of surface schools of 

 skipjack and yellowfin; use of livebait in 

 skipjack purse seining. 

 Murphy, Garth I., and Richard S. Shomxhia. 



1952. New tuna source : Fish and Wildlife Service's 



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Pan-Amer. Fish. 6(10): 14-16. [P] 



Results of experimental longlining in 

 equatorial waters between 150° and 165° 

 W. Yellowfin, bigeye, albacore, skipjack 

 catches, total catch rates, geographical 

 distribution; relation of upwelling to tuna 

 abundance; possibility of commercial ex- 

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1953a. Longline fishing for deep-swimming timas 

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Description of longline fishing; horizontal 

 and vertical distribution of deep-swimming 

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 size composition of yellowfin, bigeye, al- 

 bacore, skipjack; relation of upwelling to 

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1953b. Longline fishing for deep-swimming tunas 

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Results of experimental longlining in equa- 

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 fin, bigeye, albacore, skipjack; size com- 

 positions and sex ratios. Operational data 

 and comparison of gear with shallow and 

 deep float lines. Effect of -wind on up- 

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Murray, J. J. 



1952. Report on 1951 exploratory blue-fin tuna 

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Results of experimental purse seining; de- 

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 of operations. 



