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IV. D. Status of SWFC Data Base 



Data on Indian Ocean tunas maintained and currently used at the 

 Honolulu Laboratory consist of Japanese and Taiwanese longline catch and 

 effort statistics. Some catch and effort data for Korean longline vessels 

 are available but questions on interpretation have precluded use. 



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