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Appendix 3
Pages 166-168

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... APPENDIX Notice sent by the ·nter-American Tropical Tuna Commission to tuna-seiner owners and operators in 1987 asking for their cooperation in tracking taggers flotsam.
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... The IATTC will also attempt to tag tunas associated with these objects. The purpose of this project is to monitor the movement of drifting objects in the eastern Pacific tuna fishing grounds and to study the association of tunas with these objects.
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Key Terms

  • tropical tuna
  • tuna commission
  • eastern pacific
  • pacific tuna
  • tuna fishing

  • fishing grounds
  • drifting object
  • plastic floating
  • colored plastic
  • tag tunas

  • plastic tags
  • attached directly
  • floating square
  • tunas associated


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