Table 1. — Billfishes recorded from the Cape of Good Hope. 



'B = bottom trawling, L = longline, T=trolling. X=other (usually standing). 



-Given as weight or body size (tip of mandible to fork). 



^X. gladius found in stomach of T. audax. 



*M. indica and T. albidiis taken on same set of longline. 



^Collected with scoopnet at light station. 



Subsequent to experimental longlining for tunas 

 in the waters to the west of Cape Town by the South 

 African Museum (Talbot and Penrith, 1962, 1968) 

 and the Division of Sea Fisheries (Nepgen, 1970) at 

 the beginning of 1960, a number of commercial fish- 

 ing vessels were equipped for longlining. It was 



hoped that this would provide useful employment 

 during the fishing offseasons. For a number of 

 reasons this experiment was not a success and was 

 tried on a large scale only during the years 1 96 1 - 1 964. 

 The boats fished for a company under contract to 

 supply tuna; all other fish landed could be disposed 



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