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Table F. — Weight frequencies of yellow fin tuna taken by long-line and live-bait fishing and landed at Honolulu during I948 



and 1949 



Class interval 



to 9 pounds 



10 to 19 pounds 



20 to 29 pounds- -- 

 30 to 39 pounds.-. 

 40 to 49 pounds... 



50 to 59 pounds 



60 to 69 pounds... 

 70 to 79 pounds... 

 80 to 90 pounds... 

 90 to 99 pounds... 

 100 to 109 pounds. 

 110 to 119 pounds. 

 120 to 129 pounds. 

 130 to 139 pounds., 

 140 to 149 pounds.. 

 150 to 159 pounds. 

 160 to 169 pounds.. 

 170 to 179 pounds.. 

 180 to 189 pounds. 

 190 to 199 pounds.. 

 200 to 209 pounds.. 

 210 to 219 pounds.. 

 220 to 229 pounds.. 

 230 to 239 pounds.. 

 240 to 249 pounds. - 

 250 to 259 pounds.. 

 260 to 269 pounds.. 



Total 



January 



Febru- 

 ary 



137 



March 



66 



April 



May 



1 

 294 



8 

 33 

 116 

 119 

 97 



933 



July 



32 



132 



167 



128 



90 



82 



81 



98 



76 



57 



47 



39 



24 



7 



3 



2 



1 



1,076 



August 



7 



17 



80 



129 



96 



99 



85 



86 



80 



70 



63 



57 



41 



21 



5 



1 



1 



944 



Septem- 

 ber 



October 



Novem- 

 ber 



130 



Decem- 

 ber 



Number 

 of tuna 

 landed 



76 

 12 



12 



35 



61 



102 



188 



485 



610 



510 



469 



390 



397 



381 



291 



226 



195 



167 



91 



27 



10 



6 



3 



Table G. — Weight frequencies of yellowfin tuna taken by long-line and live-bait fishing during 1948 and 1949 as percentages 



of monthly catch with mean frequency distribution in percentage 



Class interval 



to 9 pounds 



10 to 19 pounds 



20 to 29potmds 



30 to 39 pounds.... 



40 to 49 pounds 



50 to 59 pounds 



60 to 69 pounds.... 



70 to 79 pounds 



80 to 89 pounds 



90 to 99 pounds.... 

 100 to 109 pounds., 

 no to 119 pounds.. 

 120 to 129 pounds.. 

 130 to 139 pounds.. 

 140 to 149 pounds. 

 150 to 159 pounds.. 

 160 to 169 pounds.. 

 170 to 179 pounds.. 

 180 to 189 pounds.. 

 190 to 199 pounds.. 

 200 to 209 pounds.. 

 210 to 219 pounds.. 

 220 to 229 pounds.. 

 230 to 239 pounds.. 

 240 to 249 pounds.. 

 250 to 259 pounds.. 

 260 to 269 pounds. 



Janu- 

 ary 



7.0 

 2.3 



1.2 



5.8 

 22.1 

 10.5 

 2.3 

 7.0 

 2.3 

 5.8 

 5.8 

 2.3 

 5.8 

 6.8 

 5.8 

 3.5 

 1.2 

 2.3 



Febru- 

 ary 



2.2 



0.7 



0.7 

 2.2 

 7.3 



16 8 

 8.0 

 5.1 

 2.2 

 5. 1 



10.2 

 5.8 



10.2 

 8.0 

 7.3 

 3.6 

 2.9 

 0.7 

 0.7 



March 



1.6 



1.5 

 1.5 

 1.5 

 6.1 

 9.1 

 18.2 

 6. 1 

 7.6 

 1.5 

 10.6 

 10.6 

 12. 1 

 6.1 



3.0 

 1.6 



1.5 



April 



0.7 

 9.2 

 0.7 



0.7 



0.7 



1.4 



7. 1 



14.2 



7.8 



17 7 



12.0 



8.6 



5.7 



4.2 



5.0 



2.1 



2.1 



May 



7.5 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 5.1 



0.3 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 2.6 

 10.9 

 14.3 

 8.8 

 8.5 

 8.8 

 7. 1 

 5. 1 

 7.1 

 2.7 

 2.6 

 1.4 

 3.1 

 2.0 

 0.7 



0.3 



June 



5.8 

 0.1 



0.2 

 O.'i' 



0.8 

 3.5 

 12.4 

 12.8 

 10.4 

 9.5 

 9.2 

 9.3 

 7.2 

 6. 1 

 2,6 

 3.2 

 3.8 

 1.7 

 0.8 

 0.3 



July 



0.1 



0.2 

 6 

 3.0 

 12.3 

 16.5 

 11.9 

 8.4 

 7.6 

 7.5 

 9.1 

 7.1 

 5.3 

 4.4 

 3.6 

 2.2 

 0.6 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 0.1 



August 



0.2 

 0.2 



0.7 

 1.8 

 8.5 

 13.7 

 10.2 

 10.5 

 9.0 

 9.1 

 8.5 

 7.4 

 6.7 

 6.0 

 4.3 

 2.2 

 0.5 

 0.1 

 0.1 



Sep- 

 tember 



0.2 



0.9 



0.6 



1.5 



1.5 



7.5 



14.3 



12.4 



10.6 



6.8 



9.7 



10.3 



5.1 



6.0 



4.4 



5.3 



2.2 



0.4 



0.4 



October 



1. 



1.4 



2.8 

 2.5 

 5.3 

 8.5 

 15.7 

 12.5 

 10.7 

 9.6 

 6.4 

 6.8 

 3.9 

 3.9 

 4.6 

 1.1 

 2.5 

 0.4 



No- 

 vember 



0.8 

 1,5 

 2.3 

 1,5 

 3.8 

 3,8 

 9,2 

 13.1 

 14,6 

 8,5 

 8,5 

 4.6 

 7,7 

 8.5 

 3, 1 

 3,1 

 1,5 

 0,8 

 '1.8 

 ..6 

 0.8 



De- 

 cember 



0.6 

 0.6 

 1.9 

 1.3 

 5.7 

 5,0 

 11.9 

 6.9 

 5.0 

 8,8 

 3.8 

 9.4 

 7.6 

 6.9 

 5,0 

 5,7 

 5,7 

 4.4 

 2.5 

 1,3 



Mean 



1,1 

 0.8 

 0,4 

 1.3 

 0,4 

 0.5 

 1,7 

 4,0 

 5,0 

 6.0 

 8.7 

 9.9 

 9.4 

 10.1 

 7.7 

 8.0 

 6.9 

 5.3 

 4,4 

 3,3 

 2.5 

 1.4 

 0.5 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 0.1 



