TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Program 2 



Summary report of discussions 2 



Resolutions 18 



Abstracts of papers 20 



Alverson, Dayton L. - Ocean temperatures and their relationship to albacore tuna 

 (Thunnus germo) distribution in waters off the coast of the States of Oregon and 

 Washington and the Province of British Columbia 20 



Austin, Thomas S., and Richard A. Barkley - Use of oceanographic monitoring stations 



in fishery research 20 



Bell, Robert R. - The age composition of the California Pacific albacore catch 21 



Blackburn, Maurice - Distribution and abundance of Eastern Tropical Pacific tunas in 



relation to ocean properties and features 21 



Brown, RobertP., and Kenneth Sherman - Oceanographic observations and skipjackdis - 



tribution in the North Central Pacific 22 



Clemens, Harold B. -The distribution of California bluefin tuna in the eastern North 



Pacific 22 



Clemens, Harold B. - The distribution of albacore in the North Pacific 22 



Clemens, Harold B. - Migration, age and growth, and spawning studies of the North 



Pacific albacore ( Thunnus germo) 23 



Collette, Bruce B. - A preliminary review of the tunas of the genus Thunnus 24 



Fujii, Yutaka, Koichi Mimoto, and Shichiro Higasa - Biochemical studies on the races 



of tuna. Base composition of testis deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) 24 



Hiyama, Yoshio, and Kenji Kurogane - Morphometrical comparisons of tuna from areas 



in the Pacific and Indian Oceans 24 



Inoue, Motoo - Relation of sea condition and ecology of albacore in the northwest Pacific 



Ocean 25 



Iversen, Robert T. B. - Food of albacore tuna, Thunnus germo (Lacepede), in the cen- 

 tral and northeastern Pacific 26 



Johnson, James H. - Sea temperatures and the availability of albacore (Thunnus germo) 



off the coasts of Oregon and Washington 26 



Kamimura, Tadao, and Misao Honma - Distribution of yellowfin in the longline fishing 

 ground in the Pacific Ocean, especially on the regional variation of the density in 

 each size group 27 



Kikawa, Shoji -Studies on the spawning activity of the Pacific tunas Parathunnus mebachi 



and Neothunnus macropterus by the gonad index examination 27 



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