TJiiited States Deparianent of the Interior 

 Oscar L* Chapman, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Albert M. Day, Director 



Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 

 No. 16 



THREE PAPERS ON THE STOCKS OF TUNA.S IN JAPANESE WATERS 



By 

 Morisaburo Tauohi l/ 



Translated from the Japanese Language by 



1I« G. Van Cam pen 



Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations 



CONTENTS 



Preface Page 



On the stock of Thunnus orientalis (Temminck it Schlegel). • 1 

 On the stock of the Yellowfin Tuna Neothunnus macropterus 

 (Temminok & Sohlegel) «•••••••••••••••••• 6 



On the stock of the Albaoore, Germo germo (Laoepede). • • e 10 



L/ From the Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific 

 Fisheries [Nippon Suisan Gakkai Shi], Vol. 9, No. 4* 



