Frontispiece: Chart of the Northeastern Pacific showing tracks of Hugh M. 

 Smith cruise 46 (broken line) zrndM/V Paragon (solid line). 



ABSTRACT 



This report contains the biological (including fishing) and oceanographic data collected in the cen- 

 tral North Pacific during the July -September 1958 period from the U. S. Bureau of Comnnercial Fish- 

 eries research vessel Hugh M. Smith and the M/V Paragon. The latter made a commercial -scale 

 gill -net survey for albacore under a contract with the Bureau. Scientists and crew aboard the former 

 collected oceanographic, biological, and fishing data to permit a comparison of conditions inl958 

 with those of previous years. The major effort of both vessels was in the area between 155° and 

 175 "W. longitude and from 41° to 48°N. latitude. 



