Uda , M. 1974. Fishery oceanography of the western 

 Pacific: application of oceanographic information 

 to forecast natural fluctuations in the abundance 

 of certain commercially important fish stocks. 

 Proc . Indo-Pac. Fish Counc. 15(3):56-65. 



Brief review of knowledge of several species 

 of commerical importance in the western Pa- 

 cific and a discussion of the effects of en- 

 vironmental changes and fishing intensity on 

 the stocks. 



KEY WORDS: tunas skipjack, yellowfin, alba- 

 core, bigeye, bluefin, catch, temperature. 



Uda, M. , and M. Ishino. 1958. Enrichment pattern re- 

 sulting from eddy systems in relation to fishing 

 grounds. J. Tokyo. Univ. Fish. 44 (1+2 ): 105-129. 



Classified environmental patterns resulting 

 from eddy systems into three types and re- 

 lated these to commercial fishing situations. 

 Model experiements are described. 



KEY WORDS: oceanography, discontinuity, 

 eddies, fronts, currents, water masses, up- 

 welling, enrichment, food. 



Ueyanagi, S. 1969. Observations on the distribution 

 of tuna larvae in the Indo-Pacific Ocean with em- 

 phasis on the delineation of the spawning areas of 

 albacore, Thunnus alalunga . Bull. Far Seas Fish. 

 Res. Lab. 2: 177-219. 



Described the morphology and the vertical and 

 geographical distribution of larval tuna spe- 

 cies; delineated spawning areas, and men- 

 tioned depth and temperature at which larvae 

 were taken. 



KEY WORDS: tuna, yellowfin, skipjack, big- 

 eye, bluefin, southern bluefin, albacore, 

 spawning, season, temperature, depth, thermo- 

 cl ine . 



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