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1 Hap of the central Pacific region showing the islands 



and island groups referred to in this report ooooo 2 



2 A sampan typical of the Hawaiian live-bait pole and 



line fishery 



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Size frequency distribution of samples of yellowfin 

 tuna taken by the live-bait method at the Line 

 and Fhoenijj islands during May and June of 1951 

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Six-pole fishing at the Line Islands during Janusiry |j' 

 and February 1953 aboard the Tradewind , <, o „ » » . . .. » W 



