ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The cooperation of the marine anglers who caught, tagged, and 

 released black marlin made this study possible. We wish to convey 

 our appreciation to the marine anglers, and to the Japanese and 

 Korean commercial longline fleet captains and crews who recap- 

 tured tagged marlin and returned the tags. 



Many of the recoveries were returned through either the Far 

 Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory, Shimizu, Japan, or the 

 Kanagawa Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station, Joga 

 Shima, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. We are grateful to scientists 

 Eiji Hanamoto of the Kanagawa Fisheries Experimental Station, 

 and Shoji Ueyanagi, Susumu Kume, and Shoji Kikawa of the Far 

 Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory for their assistance in return 

 of marlin tags and information used in the analysis. The interest 

 of the charterboat captain in learning more about the resource on 

 which he fishes often results in the marlin being tagged, although 

 the anglers are credited for tagging and releasing the marlin. To 

 the charterboat fleet off Cairns and nearby areas, our sincerest 

 appreciation. 



The Cairns Game Fishing Club provided excellent control of 

 tagging equipment and maintained complete and accurate records 

 of tagged fish throughout the years, thereby making the tagging 

 analysis more accurate. Their precision handling of the program is 

 appreciated. 



To Julian Pepperell of New South Wales State Fisheries, who 

 furnished a portion of the data used in this analysis, our sincere 

 appreciation. The efforts of Norman Bartoo and Richard Evans 

 (SWFC) in statistical analysis of the data are acknowledged. To 

 others such as the International Game Fish Association and 



marine game fish anglers throughout the world who gave their 

 support, we thank you. 



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