Table 5. --Summary of Japanese longline fishing in the central Pacific in 

 1952 (adapted fronn Kanagawa Prefecture Fishery Experiment 

 Station, Monthly Report Nos. 3-6) 



JAPANESE COMMERCIAL FISHING- 

 (ABOUT 2,000 HOOKS/SET) 

 POFI EXPLORATORY FISHING 

 (240 HOOKS/SET) 



S- LATITUDE -N 



Figure 8. --Comparison between the catch rates of Japanese commercial sets and 

 POFI exploratory sets. The bars representing Japanese fishing are 

 based on data in table 6. The bars representing POFI fishing are based 

 on results of fishing along 169 W. longitude during Manning cruise 13 

 (table 4). 



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