New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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JUVENILE SLENDER TUNA FROM NEW ZEALAND (NOTE)

P. E. Roberts

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract Two juvenile slender tuna Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 278 mm and 282 mm fork length, were identified from a oatch by a purse seiner 23 km off the Moko Hinau Islands, New Zealand, on 23 January 1974. As the slender tuna were observed to school in association with skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis L., it is probable that adults also school, and could be available as a yet unexploited resource to New Zealand fishermen, especially to the south-east of New Zealand.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9 (1) : 105-8.
(Received for publication 28 May 1974)

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