Aopendix Table 11.— Estimated length composition of skipjack 
tuna caught by American purse seiners in the eastern 
tropical Atlantic in 1971. 
Teas Number of fish by month 
0 es ee 
0 0 778 0 3879 0 
-0 0 1054 13973 10622 0 
.0 1715 1969 79921 87724 22140 
-0 5358 2552 423894 572735 27721 
0 37829 11730 601535 591718 99537 
0 80052 62618 921515 389419 135261 
0 47581 94475 612368 533072 126521 
0 18539 91279 361004 220877 120755 
0 14683 97721 384174 313773 57679 
-0 4394 68150 155941 355220 54889 
0 6109 25970 70307 236933 32933 
0 0 10751 21632 90572 10978 
-0 2250 19227 20129 
-0 1715 1969 4787 
-0 0 0 3722 
-0 1715 864 0 
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219690 
474130 
Appendix Table 12.— Estimated length composition of skipjack 
tuna caught by American purse seiners in the eastern 
tropical Atlantic in 1972. 
Number of fish by month 
md ee 
0 0 0 
2275 0 
4106 42896 11985 0 8569 
4646 44684 | 305230 100456 64367 
13833 56322 | 497974 244828 206845 
27127 64237 | 335621 391793 233145 
50895 89352 | 231361 277366 109356 
38305 278838 | 367061 300561 128683 
86480 268123 | 279298 301074 179767 
57565 126408 | 173796 111142 165454 
61671 19085 59862 42428 113891 
23297 22120 8954 30863 83770 
4106 13263 2383 7122 27694 
14373 2275 9277 4748 15051 
8484 19586 0 3372 
2323 26671 711 2984 
0 9360 0 0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
a) 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
-0 
397211 | 1085495 | 2284513 | 1812381 | 1342948 | 286946 
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