ABSTRACT 



This report deals with research results achieved by the 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory in 

 Honolulu from January 1, 1064, to June 30, 1965. Described 

 are developments in the following fields: the sensory capa- 

 cities of tunas: tuna behavior; subpopulations research 

 using genetic techniques; studies of the ecology of the ski])- 

 jack tuna and the albacore tuna: biological surve.vs of the 

 Indian Ocean; investigations of the oceanography of the 

 Hawaiian Islands area and of the entire Pacific: and studies 

 devoted to the evaluation of the use of a submarine for 

 research in fisheries and ocean()gra|)hy. Publications issued 

 or in i)ress during the period are listed. 



