United States Department of the Interior 



Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary 



Fish and Wildlife Service 



Albert M. Day, Director 



Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 

 No. 47 



EXPLORATORY TUNA FISHING IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 



Translated from the Japanese language by 



SCAP translators and W. G. Van Campen 



Edited by 



B. M. Shimada 



and 



W. G. Van Campen 



Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations 



CONTENTS 



Page 



1. A survey of tuna fishing grounds in the Marshall and 



Caroline Islands, By Technician Kenzo Ikebe l/ 1 



2. Marshall Islands fishery investigations 1926-27 2/ 5 



1/ From South Sea Fishery News /~Nanyo Suisan Joho_y, Vol. 5, No. 1, 

 pp. 6-9. 1941. 



2/ From Progress Report of the South Seas Government-General Fisheries 

 Experiment Station [_ Nanyocho Suisan Shikenjo Jigyo Hokoku_/ for 

 1923-1935. 



