. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 68 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 9 "HUGH M. SMITH" REPORTS ALBACORE TUNA SCARCE IN MAY NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF HAWAII (Cruise 29): Only one albacore tuna was caught in an area north and northeast of Hawaii during a 43-day 6, OOO-mile cruise by the Service's research vessel Hugh M. Smith completed June 14. This was similar to the experience of another Serv- ice research vessel (JohnR. Mann- ing) in the area northwest of Ha- waii during a simultaneous cruise. The California research vessel N, B. Scofield also cooperated in
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 68 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 9 "HUGH M. SMITH" REPORTS ALBACORE TUNA SCARCE IN MAY NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF HAWAII (Cruise 29): Only one albacore tuna was caught in an area north and northeast of Hawaii during a 43-day 6, OOO-mile cruise by the Service's research vessel Hugh M. Smith completed June 14. This was similar to the experience of another Serv- ice research vessel (JohnR. Mann- ing) in the area northwest of Ha- waii during a simultaneous cruise. The California research vessel N, B. Scofield also cooperated in this series of cruises and fished in waters off the West Coast of the United States. The primary mission of the Hugh M. Smith was to discover whether albacore tuna are present in important quan- tities in tlie waters north and north- east of the Hawaiian Islands in the early summer, and how the pat- tern of their distribution com- pares with that revealed by sever- al similar cruises made last win- ter. The Hugh M. Smith fished with tuna long-line gear at 30 lo- cations extending as far as 45 N. latitude and intensive trolling was carried on between long-line sta- tions. The vessel caught only one albacore in this area which contained much larger numbers last fall and winter. A good concentration of big- eyed tuna was found about 700 miles northeast of Hawaii on the return voyage. Fifteen of these tuna ranging in weight from 80 to 100 pounds each were tagged and released after capture on the long lines. The area of capture was outside the scope of the local sampan flag-line fishery, but it was hoped that some of the marked fish may turn up in the Hawaiian commercial catch and thus provide important information on albacore tuna migrations. The Hugh M. Smith fished 30 long-line stations using at each station 40 baskets of 13-hook gear, 20 baskets with 5-fathom float lines, and 20 with 15-fathom float lines, alternated in groups of 10 baskets. No albacore tuna were taken on the l
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