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FIGURE 12. The Howoiian skipjack tuna fishery is highly seasonal; 

 peak cotches ore concentrated in July. Most cotches ore mode within 

 20 miles of the main islands. The data shown here summarize 18 

 yeors of the fleet's operotions. (Catches off Kauai arc not shown bc- 

 couse of the unreliability of the data.) The averoge annual catch 

 is obout 5,000 tons. The estimated potential yield of the central 

 Pocific is many times thot figure. 



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APRIL-JUNE 



JANUARY- MARCH 



POUNDS PER TRIP 

 1,500- 4,500 

 4,500- 6,000 

 6,000- 8,000 



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