SPECIAL NOTE 



The North Pacific Fisheries Commission, established in 1953 

 by the International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the 

 North Pacific Ocean, coordinates the research of the member nations: 

 Japan, Canada, and the United States. The resulting investigations 

 provide data to the Commission for use in carrying out its duties in 

 connection with fishery conservation problems in the'-North Pacific 

 Ocean. Publication of this scientific report has been approved by the 

 United States Section of the Commission. 



