Enami, S. , and T. Toyotaka. 1954. On the fisheries of 

 tuna and the oceanographical conditions in the 

 Sawu Sea. Mem. Fac . Fish., Kagoshima Univ. 

 3(2):l-8. 



A comparison of summer and winter fishing and 

 oceanographic conditions in the titled area. 

 Rates for yellowfin were lower in winter than 

 in summer. For bigeye, rates were higher in 

 winter than in summer. More large yellowfin 

 were taken in summer than in winter. The sex 

 ratios for yellowfin were 69% male in winter, 

 57% in summer. Optimum temperature values 

 for catch were qiven as 20° to 23°C in 

 winter, 23 to 25 C in summer. 



KEY WORDS: tuna, yellowfin, bigeye, season, 

 oceanography, temperature, size. 



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