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Table 1 .--Estimated total catches in metric tons of South Pacific 

 albacore, 1952-78. The 1978 estimates are preliminary. 



Conments: 



Co1(nn 1 - Japanese lonqllne catch tn metric tons, courtesy of 5. 

 UeyanagI, Far Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory. 



Colunn 2 - Catch by Taiwan's high-seas longllners (>50 GT) based at 

 foreign- ports, estimated from published Taiwan catch 

 statistics and average weights of albacore landed at Pago 

 Pago. 



Coljnn 3 - Colunn I plus colunn 2. 



Colunn 4 - R 1s ratio of Korean catch of South Pacific albacore to 



total catch of this species by Japan and Taiwan, estimated 

 from data In Sklllman (1975). 



Colunn 5 - Colunn 3 x colunn 4, except for 1958-61, which are from 

 American Samoa cannery records. 



Colunn 6 - Includes catch by Chile and New Zealand. 



