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ABSTRACT 



This report lists the physical, chemical, and biological data collected by scientists aboard the 

 Hugh M. Smith of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and N. B. Scofield of the California Depart- 

 ment of Fish and Game during the spring and early summer of 1959 off the coast of California and 

 Baja California, Mexico. The purpose of the cruises was to locate the route of the spring migration 

 of albacore into west coast waters and the subsequent early concentrations of these fish. 



