United States Department of the Interior, Douglas McKay, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, John L. Farley, Director 



VARIABILITY OF LONGLINE CATCHES OF YELLOWFIN TUNA 



By 



Garth I. Murphy 

 Fishery Research Biologist 

 Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations 

 United States Fish and Wildlife Service 



and 



Keith C. Elliott 

 Statistician 

 Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations 

 United States Fish and Wildlife Service 



Special Scientific Report--Fisheries No. 119 



WASHINGTON: March 1954 



