Table 83. --Fishing conditions by months and by sections 

 (northeastern sea area, 35 to 40° N. ) 



Table 84. --Monthly fishing conditions for spearfishes 

 and sharks (northeastern sea area, 35 to 

 40° N. ) 



Considered geographically, the data show a tendency for striped marlin catch rates 

 to be high In the south and low in the north, while the broadbill tends somewhat to be more abun- 

 dant to the northward. Considered seasonally, striped marlin are most abundant in the summer 

 while the broadbill increase from about October to early winter. No very marked regional dif- 

 ferences in the shark catch can be detected, and seasonally they are most abundant in April and 

 September, with rather high catch rates shown for the whole winter season. 



o 

 Table 86 shows fishing conditions by months in the part of the area north of 40 N. 



Of the spearfishes somewhat more than 73 percent are broadbill, the majority of the 

 remainder being recorded as black marlin. The striped marlin and black marlin are taken only 

 in September and October, at which season they make up slightly less than 40 percent of the 



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