portion of the area, that is^ in the waters adjacent to the 

 Sulu Seap while in the middle of the season they are dispersed 

 all over the areao Usually in March and April dense schools 

 of white and striped marlin move from south "co north in the 

 waters off Annamo 



The fishing grounds in the East Philippine Sea have been 

 opened up in recent years and it has not yet been possible to 

 acquire full data on themo The fishing season in this sea area 

 tends to be during the season of southwest winds. The results 

 of the investigations of the Shohan Maru in 1937 were as shown 

 in the following tabled 



Table 3 



Fishing Conditions in the East Philippine Sea 

 (Sh^han Marug June-September , 1937) 



Notes % indicates the number of fish taken per 100 hookso 



(l) Northern area - 15 



20° Ho 



123 = 125° Eo number of hooks 1^,120 



Period of survey June 25-29, 

 July 24-25 



Central area 



Southern area 



10" 



15° No 



125° - 129° Eo number of hooks lj,560 



Period of survey July 12-23 



= 3° - 10° No 

 127° - 131° Eo number of hooks 3,040 



Period of survey August 15-31j 



September l-So 



As is clear from table 3p at this season in the East 

 Philippine Sea the distribution of spearfishes other than the 

 black marlin is extremely sparseo The division of this sea area 

 made in the table (see the footnote) is based on the fact that 



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