ABSTRACT 



This iH'|)ort deals with research results achieved by the 

 Bureau of rommercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory in 

 Honolulu from January 1. 1967 to June 30, 1968. Described 

 are projects designed to improve the efficiency of the Ha- 

 waiian fleet for skipjack tuna; work in immunogenetic 

 analysis that is clarifying the relations of the skipjack 

 tuna subpopulations of the Pacific Ocean; investigation of 

 the shrimp and bottom fish resources of Hawaii ; advances 

 in oceanographic research, including discovery of a wake in 

 the lee of Johnston Island, as predicted by theory; the 

 effects of oil spillage on a Pacific island ; and the first scien- 

 tific review of the international CSK (Cooperative Study of 

 the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions). Publications for the 

 period are listed. 



