. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 16 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 8 California TUNA TAGGED BY CLIPPER "VIRGINIA ; (Cruise C-55-1): A total of 1,016 yellowfin tuna and 18 skipjack tuna were tagged by the commercial tuna clipper Vir- ginia R. on a three-months' cruise off the coast of Mexico, El Salvador, and Nica- ragua (see table). The tagging and other biological work was done by scientists of the California Department of Fish and Game. No big-eyed tuna were tagged on the Tuna Tagged by Virginia R. , February 3 to April 30, 1955 | Area Yellowfin J S
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 16 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 8 California TUNA TAGGED BY CLIPPER "VIRGINIA ; (Cruise C-55-1): A total of 1,016 yellowfin tuna and 18 skipjack tuna were tagged by the commercial tuna clipper Vir- ginia R. on a three-months' cruise off the coast of Mexico, El Salvador, and Nica- ragua (see table). The tagging and other biological work was done by scientists of the California Department of Fish and Game. No big-eyed tuna were tagged on the Tuna Tagged by Virginia R. , February 3 to April 30, 1955 | Area Yellowfin J Skipjack | Big-eyed | Total | Mexico . (Number of Fish) 1 484 532 18 0 0 0 502 532 El Salvador and Nicaragua Total 1,016 18 0 1,034 cruise. Type "G" spaghetti tags were used on all fish. A wet burlap sack placed over the head of the fish aided materially in expediting the tagging operations. Weather observations and water temperature data were recorded at frequent intervals throughout the cruise. Extensive night light collections yielded many specimens. Some fish were also taken from bait net and by hook and line. YELLOWTAIL TAGGED AND PACIFIC MACKEREL SPECIMENS COLLECTED OFF BAJA CALIFORNIA BY "YELLOWFIN" (Cruise 55^jf^): A total of 211 yel- lowtail were tagged by the Califor-. nia Department of Fish and Game's research vessel Yellowfin on a one- month cruise off the coast of Baja California completed at Los Angeles May 1. Nearly 100 samples of Pa- cific mackerel from the Revilla Gigedo Islands for comparison with California Pacific mackerel were frozen for further study. Other bi- ological objectives of the cruise were: to obtain specimens of black sea bass for special study; to collect algae specimens particularly from the new lava flow at San Benedicto Island; to further study the fish fauna of the Revilla Gigedo Islands; to collect various fish specimens, both live and preserved, for aquaria and scientific institutions. Bait hauls were made at Los Angele
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