nean and the Straits of Florida should Gibraltar, Messina, and Bosporus, tion to complete the picture of the life 



produce important results. Tagging of would be an efficient and positive way history of this species in the shortest 



giant tuna under present conditions is to obtain important information. period of time. This will allow fishery 



difficult but is still producing good re- Present studies must be continued, scientists and managers to proceed with 



suits. The use of sonic tags in key ar- as the data generated by them have the preservation and rebuilding, where 



eas, such as the Windward Passage and helped immensely in recent years. We necessary, of this valuable resource with 



the channels north ofCuba and around feel, however, that the above efforts the best understanding possible. 



the Cay Sal Banks and the Straits of will provide the most suitable informa- 



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