SUMMARY AND CONGUJSIOKS 



1. A surface gill net designed to take skipjack was fished 

 experimentally in HaTraiian waters a total of 28ii hoursj of which 

 233i- hoiars were fished at night. 



2 6 Fishing was done only in the lee of the larger islands 

 because of difficulty in handling the gear in rough watero However t, 

 part of the experiment was performed in m. area knoYm to be a pro- 

 ductive skipjack ground and during the known season of abundance of 

 this species 



3o The total catch of 28 fish of which only six were skipjacks, 

 showed a very poor catch per unit of efforto 



lie It is concluded from the results of this experiment that 

 surface gill netting shows little promise as a commercial fishing 

 method for skipjack in Hawaiian waters o 



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