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Table 1 



Catches of skipjack by flag of vessel in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

 Commission's Yellowfin Regulatory Area (CYRA) by vessels of all flags west 

 of the CYRA and east of 150° W, and total catches for the eastern Pacific 

 east of 150° W (in thousands of metric tons). The 1979 data are prelimi- 



a - The catches of vessels that belonged to only one fishing company 1n one or more 

 years have been grouped to preserve the confidentiality of the records. These 

 include the catches of vessels of Benr.uda, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa 

 Rica, -France, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Senegal, Spain, and 

 Venezuela. 



