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Table 5 
Archeological bluefin tuna length and age estimates, per individual represented, listed by geographic area. The length estimate 
associated with the highest correlation coefficient (r) for individuals represented by several elements is used here. See Figure 1 
for locations. 
Specimen 
no. 
Site 
no. 
Vertebra 
no. 
Estimated 
fork length 7 
(cm) 
Estimated 
weight 2 
(kg) 
Estimated 
age class 3 
(yr) 
Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, n = 
: 36 
52 
DfiSi5 
33 
122.4 
47 
4 
84 
DfSj23a 
30 
138.5 
65 
5 
51 
DfSi5 
(19) 
151.9 
83 
5-6 
54 
DfSj23a 
(18) 
153.5 
86 
5-6 
59 
DfSj23a 
29 
155.3 
88 
5-6 
30 
DfSj23a 
(14) 
157.8 
92 
5-6 
58 
DfSj23a 
11 
165.5 
105 
6 
25 
DfSi5 
30 
167.1 
107 
6 
55 
DfSj23a 
09 
168.2 
109 
6 
85 
DfSj23a 
30 
172.3 
117 
6-7 
83 
DfSj23a 
(16) 
175.0 
122 
6-7 
49 
DfSi4 
33 
178.9 
129 
6-7 
56 
DfSj23a 
33 
181.4 
134 
7 
48 
DfSj23a 
(16) 
183.9 
139 
7 
61 
DfSj23a 
33 
186.5 
144 
7 
39E 
DfSi4 
17 
187.3 
146 
7 
36C 
DfSi4 
22 
188.6 
149 
7 
47 
DfSi4 
(14) 
189.3 
150 
7 
60 
DfSj23a 
(14) 
189.7 
151 
7 
69F 
DfSj23b 
26 
190.7 
153 
7 
86 
DfSi4 
(20) 
191.3 
154 
7 
87 
DfSj23a 
02 
191.5 
155 
7 
57 
DfSi5 
01 
198.7 
171 
7-8 
26 
DfSj23b 
(12) 
200.5 
175 
7-8 
32 
DfSi4 
30 
201.1 
176 
7-8 
24 
DfSj23a 
(16) 
206.0 
188 
8 
44 
DfSj23a 
33 
206.7 
190 
8 
31 
DfSj23a 
(12) 
206.9 
190 
8 
68 
DfSj23a 
(16) 
209.4 
197 
8 
45A 
DfSi4 
24 
209.8 
198 
8 
64 
DfSj23a 
05 
212.4 
204 
8 
67 
DfSj23b 
31 
215.3 
212 
8 
63 
DfSi4 
06 
218.2 
219 
8 
72 
DfSi4 
(09) 
220.8 
226 
8-9 
66 
DfSi4 
29 
221.1 
227 
8-9 
80 
DfSj23a 
38 
243.2 
293 
9-10 
Hesquiat Harbour, Vancouver Island, 
n = 2 
21 
DiSol 
32 
186.0 
143 
7 
20 
DiSol 
(20) 
213.4 
207 
8 
Nootka Sound, 
Vancouver Island, n = 
6 
NA 
DkSpl 
(28) 
159.0 
94 
5-6 
NA 
DkSpl 
(11) 
177.0 
125 
6-7 
1 
DjSp3 
39 
198.3 
170 
7-8 
3E 
DkSpl 
36 
198.9 
171 
7-8 
4 
DkSpl 
(10) 
206.7 
190 
8 
2 
DkSpl 
38 
210.3 
199 
8 
Queen Charlotte Islands, n = 1 
15E 
FaTt9 
19 
196.0 
165 
7-8 
1 All raw data and calculations available from the author. 
2 Log (weight, kg) = (-9.02408) + 2.6767 x log (length, cm) (Foreman and Ishizuka, 1990). 
3 After Bayliff 1994a: 246. 
