CONTENTS 



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Introduction^ 1 



Evidence___ 3 



Distribution of spawning 3 



Spatial distribution of larvae 3 



Temporal distribution of larvae 3 



Gonad indices 4 



Length-frequency distributions of Hawaii samples 5 



Modal sizes 6 



Size distribution 6 



Length-frequency distributions of eastern Pacific samples 7 



Comparison of eastern and central Pacific length-frequencies 8 



Movements 9 



Tagging in the eastern Pacific 10 



Long distance tag recoveries 10 



Prediction of Hawaiian skipjack catch 10 



Subpopulations^ 11 



Hypotheses 11 



Skipjack exploited in eastern Pacific 11 



Skipjack taken in Hawaiian waters 15 



Conclusions^ 17 



Summary ___^ I7 



Acknowledgments ^ . 19 



Literature cited ^ .19 



