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fluctuated considerably and showed no consistent trends (Kasahara 1978^; 

 Tohoku Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 1978^). 



III.B.2 Results of Production Model Analysis 

 None available. 



III.B.3 Results of Yield-per-Recruit Analysis 

 None available. 



III.B.4 Results of Spawner/Recruitment Analysis 

 None available. 



III.B.5 Results of Other Analyses/Simulations 

 None available. 



III.C. Current Evaluation of Stocks and the Fishery 



All available evidence suggests that the western Pacific skipjack 

 tuna resources are still underexploited (Kearney 1979). 



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Kasahara, K. 1978. Assessment of skipjack stocks in the Japanese 



baitboat fishery. Tohoku Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, Shiogama, 

 Japan. Paper submitted to the First Session of the IPFC Working Party 

 of Experts on Central and Western Pacific Skipjack, Mainla, Philippines, 

 1-2 March 1978. 



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 Tohoku Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory. 1978. Atlas of catch 



and CPUE of skipjack tuna in the Japanese baitboat fishery, 1972-76. 



Paper submitted to the First Session of the IPFC Working Party of 



Experts on Central and Western Pacific Skipjack, Manila, Philippines, 



1-2 March 1978. 



