Longline Fishing for Tuna in the Central Equatorial Pacific, 1954

Author(s)

Iversen B.T. Robert

Yoshida O. Howard

Publication Year:

1956

Publication Place

Washington

Physical Description:

33 pages; figures; tables

Call Number

VF 41231

Language

English

Record ID:

13765

Legacy PEIN ID:

53658

General Notes

Contents: 1. Acknowledgements, 2. Methods fo collection and analysis of data, 3. vessel efficiency, 3. Yellowfin abundance, 3. latitudinal variation, 4. longitudinal variation, 5. line islands, 8. yellowfin catch composition, 9. observations on the environment, 10. sharks and shark damage, 10. summary, 10. literature cited, 11. appendix

Subject Heading(s)

First commercial effort by American fishermen based on POFI research; first use of steel mainline gear; Continued fishing for nearly 1 year in the line islands area, mainly near Christmas Island; Sharp difference in seasonal catch rates from previous years

Environment - Protection - Samoa

Tag(s)

pacific

oceania