. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 20 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 12 A total of 130 light stations were occupied, of which 3 yielded sardines, 14 Pa- cific mackerel, 12 jack mackerel, 17 northern anchovies. At 7 of the light stations, conditions prevented use of the blanket net but observations were made as follows: 3 stations Pa- cific mackerel, 1 jack mackerel, 3 anchovies. Of the 3 sardine samples taken, the size range varied from a maximum 228 mm. standard length ( inchestotal length) to a 191 mm. minimum standard length (8. 8 inches total length). Throu
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 20 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 12 A total of 130 light stations were occupied, of which 3 yielded sardines, 14 Pa- cific mackerel, 12 jack mackerel, 17 northern anchovies. At 7 of the light stations, conditions prevented use of the blanket net but observations were made as follows: 3 stations Pa- cific mackerel, 1 jack mackerel, 3 anchovies. Of the 3 sardine samples taken, the size range varied from a maximum 228 mm. standard length ( inchestotal length) to a 191 mm. minimum standard length (8. 8 inches total length). Throughout the area surveyed, sardines were most abundant around the northern Channel Islands and Point Huene- me. Pacific mackerel, jack mackerel, and northern ancho- vies were seen in nearly all the areas surveyed. It appears that sardine distribution and abundance is similar to that of M/V YeUowfin Cruise 55-y-8 of October 5-24, 1955 line during daytime anchorages mental tagging matericils and are being held in aquaria Five specimens of white croaker, kelp bass, and Pacific mackerel were taken by hook and These fishes were tagged with present andexperi- The YeUowf in scouted for fish schools a total of 506 miles--283 schools were observed visually and on the scanar, of which it was estimated that 23 contained sardines, 87 mackerel, 43 anchovies, 2 7 sauries, 103 unknown. Surface temperatures, bathythermo- graph casts, and reversing thermometer casts were taken at all stations. Surface temperatures throughout the cruise ranged from a minimum of C. ( F.)at San Miguellslandto a maximum of C. (° F.) at La Jolla (Scripps pier). Sardines were sampled where surface tem- peratures rangedfrom C. ( F.) to C. (° F.). ALBACORE TAGGING TRIP COM- PLETED BY THE "ARCTIC": Thecom- mercial fishing vessel Arctic returned from an albacore tuna tagging cruise (Cruise 55-C-6) on October 17, 1955. During the cruise (startedfrom San Pe- dro on Augus
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