Table 1, --Water temperatures and catch rates observed by 

 the Shizuoka Prefecture research ship Fuji Maru in 1951 



Table 2. --Local differences in albacore weight composition 

 (November, 1948-52) 



Notes: (1) Columns are weights in kan /8. 27 lbs./; figures in columns 

 are percentages of the total number of fish. 



(2) Length-weight realtionship is the same as for October. For 

 the smaller sizes, 1. 1 kan corresponds to 60 cm, and 0. 7 

 kan to 50 cnm. 



(3) Fish 45-55 cnn. long are represented in the 0.7 kan column, 

 those 55-65 cm. long in the 1. 1 kan column, auid so forth. 



(4) The column headed M gives the average weight in kan. 



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