SPECIAL NOTE 



The International North Pacific Fisheries Commission, 

 established in 1953 by the Internationjil Convention for the 

 High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean, coordinates 

 the research of the member nations: Japan, Canada, and the 

 United States. The resulting investigations provide data to 

 the Commission for use in carrying out its duties in connec- 

 tion with fishery conservation problems in the North Pacific 

 Ocean. Publication of this scientific report has been 

 approved by the United States Section of the Commission. 



