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PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XVII, October 1963 
TABLE 1 
Records of Marquesan Sardines Collected in Hawaii 
LOCALITY 
DATE OF 
CAPTURE 
METHOD OF 
CAPTURE 
NUMBER 
CAUGHT 
NUMBER 
PRESERVED 
STANDARD LENGTH 
(cm) 
Range 
Mean 
Oahu I. 
Keehi Lagoon 
9/27/56 
night net 1 
1 
9.97- 
9.97 
3/27/57 
night net 1 
1 
8.50- 
8.50 
10/4/59 
night net 1 
est. 
17 
3.59-5.60 
4.40 
11/3/59 
night net 1 
500 
7 
5.25-5.68 
5.46 
11/5/59 
night net 1 
27 
4.08-6 07 
4.88 
11/25/59 
night net 1 
16 
4.03-6.46 
5.51 
12/1/59 
(?) 
2 
3.05-3.51 
3.28 
7/20/60 
day seine 
est. 
3 
1 
2.92- 
2.92 
9/14/60 
day seine 
3 
3.39-4.72 
4.27 
Kaneohe Bay 
3/26/57 
day seine 
est. 
7 
1 
8.75- 
8.75 
4/8/57 
night net 
/ 
4 
8.07-8.75 
8.46 
6/4/57 
night net 
1 
9.50- 
9.50 
6/30/58 
(?) 
1 
9.75- 
9.75 
9/23/58 
day seine 
1 
5.60- 
5.60 
11/3/58 
day seine 
1 
3.46- 
3.46 
11/27/58 
day seine 
est. 
6 
3.53-4.30 
3.96 
7/20/59 
day seine 
12 
16 
8 
4.30-13.21 
7.66 
9/4/59 
day seine 
2 
4.90-8.56 
6.73 
9/6/59 
day seine 
2 
3.04-3.22 
3.13 
9/11/59 
day seine 
1 
8.30- 
8.30 
9/14/59 
day seine 
2 
8.21-8.67 
8.44 
10/2/59 
day seine 
1 
5.40- 
5.40 
2/26/60 
day seine 
1 
12.01- 
12.01 
6/9/60 
day seine 
2 
3.34-3.68 
3.51 
Barbers Point 
9/9/57 
gill net 
6 
11.20-13.50 
12.55 
Honolulu Harbor 
2/28/58 
night net 
4 
7.71-9.40 
8.72 
6/27/58 
night net 
1 
9.54- 
9.55 
Pearl Harbor 
4/29/58 
day seine 
3 
10.05-10.71 
10.45 
Haleiwa 
9/2/59 
day seine 
11 
4.46-6.10 
5.27 
6/22/60 
day seine 
est. 
5 
3.98-5.14 
4.54 
7/22/60 
day seine 
20 
2 
4.71-8.64 
6.67 
Maui I. 
Kihei 
7/5/58 
(?) 
1 
10 
not exam. 
not exam. 
10/7/58 
day seine 
29 
3.49-5.32 
4.67 
11/3/58 
day seine 
4 
6.32-7.00 
6.59 
5/19/59 
day seine 
est. 
1 
9.12- 
9.12 
5/28/59 
day seine 
o 
7 
9.10-10.91 
9.91 
5/29/59 
day seine 
2 
9.29-10.83 
10.06 
6/2/59 
day seine 
1 
8.56- 
8.56 
Maalaea Bay 
8/13/59 
day seine 
3 
5.62-6.00 
5.87 
1 The net used in Hawaii for taking tuna bait at night is a rectangular lift net pulled under the fish which are attracted to 
an underwater light suspended alongside the fishing boat. 
2 A "bucket” of bait in the Hawaiian skipjack fishery is estimated to represent about 7 lb of fish. 
