Inoue, M. 1961. Relation of sea condition and ecology 

 of albacore in northwest Pacific Ocean, Parts 1 

 and 2. In J.C. Marr (editor) , Pacific Tuna Biol- 

 ogy Confe'rence, August 14-19, 1961, Honolulu, 

 Hawaii, p. 25-26. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Spec. 

 Sci . Rep. Fish. 415. 



Abstract only. Defined and used three 

 classes of temperature distributions to 

 predict the success of the summer albacore 

 fishery. Fluctuations of the previous winter 

 ocean conditions influenced the albacore 

 migrations relative to the fishery. 



KEY WORDS: tuna, albacore, distribution, 

 season, migration, oceanography, catch. 



Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. 1973. Report 

 of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission for 

 the year 1972. [In Engl, and Span.]. Inter-Am. 

 Trop. Tuna Comm., Annu. Rep. 1972, 166 p. 



Discussed a hypothesis that sea surface tem- 

 peratures in the spawning areas are related 

 to skipjack abundance in fishing areas. The 

 consistency of results supported the hypo- 

 thesis that there is a relationship between 

 skipjack abundance in the eastern tropical 

 Pacific and sea surface temperatures in the 

 central equatorial Pacific spawning area. 

 Temperature itself was considered not to be 

 the principle causal factor, but merely re- 

 flected the character of equatorial currents 

 and associated zones of convergence and di- 

 vergence. Considering correlations of yel- 

 lowfin catch and sea surface temperatures, 

 none of the correlations were significant. 



KEY WORDS: tunas, yellowfin, skipjack, 

 abundance, sea surface temperature, currents, 

 convergence/d ivergence , spawning . 



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