An Assessment of the Skipjack and Baitfish Resources of the Kingdom of Tonga
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SKIPJACK AND BAITFISH RESOURCES OF THE KINGDOM OF TONGA Skipjack Survey and Assessment Programme Final Country Report No. 11 South Pacific Commission Noumea, New Caledonia September 1983 LIBRARY -2 DEC. 1983 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SKIPJACK AND BAITFISH RESOURCES OF THE KINGDOM OF TONGA Skipjack Survey and Assessment Programme Final Country Report No.11 South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia September 1983 iii PREFACE The Skipjack Survey and Assessment Programme was an externally funded part of the work programme of the South Pacific Commission. Governments which provided funding for the Programme were Australia, France, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the generosity of these governments is gratefully acknowledged. The Skipjack Programme has been succeeded by the Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme which is receiving funding from Australia, France, New Zealand and the-United States of America. The Tuna Programme is designed to improve understanding of the status of the stocks of commercially important tuna and billfish species in the region. Publication of final results from the Skipjack Programme, including results from the Programme's investigation of yellowfin tuna resources of the region, is continuing under the Tuna Programme. Reports for each of the countries and territories for which the South Pacific Commission works have been prepared in a final country report series. Most of these reports have been co-operative efforts involving all members of the Tuna Programme staff in some way. The staff of the Programme at the time of preparation of this report comprised the Programme Co-ordinator, R.E.
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