(Note) The four fish tram No. 28 to Mo, 31 were weighed vdthout being gutted be- 

 cause of their small size. 



When W8 examine separately the fish taken from May 21 to May 27 and those 

 taken on May 28, we find that the 27 fish in the former group fall into the fol- 

 lowing age claeseet 



seventh or ei^th year 5 fish 



sixth or seventh year 2 fish 



seventh year 17 fish 



sixth year 3 fish 



Thus these fish resemble those taken at Palau and south of the Marshalls 

 (described by the author in three previous articles in this journal) in that 

 seventh-year fish are in the majority with an admixture of a few fish from the 

 adjacent older and younger year-classes. 



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