ABSTRACT 



A report of the work and results of the Pacific Tuna Biology Conference, held at the University 

 of Hawaii in August 1961 under the auspices of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Labo- 

 ratory, Honolulu, and attended by tuna research workers and fishery experts from 11 countries. The 

 report comprises a general account of the proceedings of the Conference; summaries of the discussions 

 in six general sessions on distribution, migrations, subpopulations , behavior, tuna oceanography, and 

 taxonomy and nomenclature; the reports of two special working groups, on identification of larval and 

 juvenile tunas and on taxonomy and nomenclature; resolutions adopted by the Conference; abstracts of 

 the 50 papers presented; and a list of the participants. 



