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1937a. An investigation of the waters adjacent to 

 Ponape. Nany6ch6 suisan shikenjo jigy6 h6- 

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 Report of a general survey covering 

 oceanography, weather, bait fish, skipjack, 

 exploratory longlining, reef fish, sponges, 

 and trochus. 

 1937b. Report of a survey of fishing grounds and 

 channels in Palau 1925-26. Nanyocho suisan 

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Exploratory trolling and livebait fishing 

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1938. Status of the investigation of tuna longline 

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Albacore, yellowfin tuna, body tempera- 

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Skipjack: release records of tagged fish. 



1939b. The skipjack and tuna fisheries. Kaiyo 

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Katsuwonus pelamis; tuna; Pacific Ocean, 

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1941a. Marshall Islands fishery investigations 

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Results of exploratory longlmmg for tuna 

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1941b. Pacific skipjack indigenous to Sulu Sea. 

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1941c. A tuna survey of Palau waters (late 1940) . 

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[P] 



Results of experimental longline fishing 

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1942. Report of a survey of the tuna fishery in 

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 tuna catch taken off U. S. coast and south 

 of U. S. during development of tima fish- 

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1947. Yearbook of fisheries statistics, F. A. O. 

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First issue 1947, and two since, covering 1948- 

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 fish, given in English, French, and Spanish. 

 Tuna, true mackerels, and similar species are 

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1949a. The commercial fish catch of California 

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1949b. General aspects of the world's tuna fish- 

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1952. Tuna imports. U. S. Senate, 82nd Congress, 

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Proposed legislation to amend the Tariff 

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 1953a. First albacore from South AustraUa? 

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Reports troU capture of a 91/2 -lb. albacore 

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 ■went Hunter about 50 miles south of Cape 

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1953b. Skipjack and tuna schools recorded by 

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Echo sounder traces of skipjack, bigeye, 

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