CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Field procedures i 



Bathythernnograph and meteorological observations i 



Productivity observations 3 



Surface trolling 3 



Live bait fishing 3 



Baitfish surveys 3 



Birds, tuna schools, and aquatic mammals 4 



Field party personnel 4 



Laboratory procedures 4 



Salinity deternninations 4 



Personnel processing samples and data 4 



Literature cited 4 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIGURE Page 

 Frontispiece: The Cape Falcon at anchor in Taiohae, Nuku Hiva 



1. Track of the Cape Falcon j 



la. Track of the Cape Falcon in the Marquesas Islands 2 



2. Standardized inshore and offshore survey tracks, Marquesas area 2 



3. Track of the Charles H. Gilbert 3 



