Miller, F.R., and R.M. Laurs. 1975. The El Nino of 

 1972-73 in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. 

 [In Span, and Engl.] Inter-Am. Trop. Tuna Comm . 

 Bull. 16:403-448. 



Reviewed the hypothesis on the origin of El 

 Nino. The 1972-73 El Nino was analyzed from 

 the aspect of ocean temperature anomalies and 

 then similarities in ocean temperatures in 

 recent ones were compared. 



KEY WORDS: atmosphere, wind, oceanography, 

 sea surface temperatures. El Nino. 



Miyake, M.P. 1968. Distribution of skipjack in the 

 Pacific Ocean, based on records of incidental 

 catches by the Japanese longline tuna fishery. 

 Inter-Am. Trop. Tuna Comm. Bull. 12:511-608. 



Charted the catch of skipjack per ^housand 

 hooks by longliners by quarter by 5 square 

 for 1949-65, 1961-64, 1956-60. Considered 

 all available Japanese longline data on 

 Pacific Ocean skipjack taken incidental to 

 the longline fishery; temperature, depth of 

 capture, etc. 



KEY WORDS: tuna, skipjack, catch, distribu- 

 tion, depth, season, spawning, temperatures. 



Morita, T. 1959. On the constitutional state of 

 fishing ground over the waters near the Goto 

 Retto. [In Jpn., Engl, summ.] Mem. Fac . Fish, 

 Kagoshima Univ. 7:161-167. 



Related seasonal variation in fishing to 

 oceanographic conditions off southern Japan. 

 Charted annual temperature and salinity 

 variation with skipjack catch. 



KEY WORDS: tuna, skipjack, catch, season, 

 currents, temperature, salinity. 



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