ITINERARY 



CHARLES H, GILBERT cruise 6, 1952 



December 9 Departed Honolulu for tuna scouting and fishing following a southerly course 



1 02 miles offshore. 



December 10 Tuna scouting and fishing easterly 115 miles to Kailua, and Kauna Pt. , Hawaii. 

 Night-baiting at Kailua. 



December 11 Tuna scouting and fishing 2 to 10 miles offshore between Kailua and Kauna Pt. , 

 Hawaii. Night-baiting at Kealakekua Bay. 



December 12 Tuna scouting and fishing 3 to 17 miles offshore between Kealakekua Bay and 

 Kawaihae, Hawaii. Night-baiting at Kealakekua Bay. 



December 13 Enroute to Hilo, Hawaii. Night-baiting at Hilo. 



December 14 Tuna scouting and fishing 2 to 12 miles offshore between Hilo Bay and Cape 

 Kumukahi, Hawaii. Night-baiting at Hilo. 



December 15 Enroute to Kahului, Maui. Night-baiting at Kahului. 



December 16 Enroute to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. Night-baiting at Kaneohe Bay. 



December 17 Enroute to Nawiliwili, Kauai. Night-baiting at Nawiliwili Bay. 



December 18 Tuna scouting and fishing between Kauai and Niihau area. Night-baiting at 

 Port Allen, Kauai. 



CHARLES H. GILBERT cruise 7, 1953 • 



January 26-28 Operated around Kaneohe Bay, testing scouting methods, and conducting diffusion 

 tests of fluorescein introduced from moving vessel. 



January 29-30 Scouted,for fish along Kaneohe -Kahuku-Kaena shoreline of Oahu. Conducted sea 

 tests of fluorescein-fish extract mixture; also bait tank aeration test. 



February 2 Scouted part of west arm then returned to Hub II. 



February 3 Scouted east arm of Area II to Kailua, Kona. 



February 4 Scouted off Kailua and north to Keahole Pt. Attempted sound tests. 



February 5 Scouted east arm to Hub II. 



February 6 Scouted north arm of Area II to Oahu. 



February 8 Scouted north arm to Hub II. 



February 9-10 Scouted south arm of Area II. 



February 11-13 Scouted, north, south, and east arms of Area IH. 



February 14 Returned to Pearl Harbor. 



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