Owen, R.W., Jr. 1968. 

 northeast Pacific 

 albacore fishery. 

 Bull. 63:503-526. 



Oceanographic conditions in the 



Ocean and their relation to the 



U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Fish 



Described the physical-chemical environment 

 encountered by albacore as they entered the 

 fishery off Oregon and Washington. Discussed 

 which conditions influenced the availability 

 of the fish to the fishery. Annual varia- 

 tions recurred regularly and were altered 

 only in degree. Annual variations were 

 attributable to changes in the wind field, 

 water discharge from rivers, and advection. 



KEY WORDS 



raphy 



tempe 



ORDS: tuna, albacore, season, oceanog- 

 , currents, wind, upwelling, gradients, 

 rature, salinity, transparency. 



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