D. Distant-water Tuna Vessels 



The number of Chinese vessels participating in this 

 fishery will probably increase dramatically in the next 

 five years, largely because this is potentially the most 

 lucrative distant-water fishery. There is a strong 

 possibility that Taiwan distant-water tuna longliner 

 companies will invest heavily in outfitting Chinese tuna 

 longliners with the super low-temperature freezing 

 technology necessary for successful exporting to the 

 Japanese sashimi-grade tuna processing industry. 

 Taiwan's technology, combined with China's cheap and 

 abundant labor, makes for a profitable combination 

 which may someday result in a pan-Chinese monopoly 

 of this lucrative fishery. In the short-term, Chinese 

 vessels will continue to be centered in the South 

 Pacific. In the long-term, Chinese tuna vessels could 

 well move into Indian Ocean tuna fisheries. 



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February 18, 1993. 

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China Daily (Business Weekly), "Overseas Fishing Fleet to Double by 1995," August 11, 1991. 

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Fisheries Corporation and the Development of Pelagic Fisheries 1985-1990, undated. 

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Liang Lin, China Bureau of Aquatic Products, personal communication, January 22, 1993. 

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85-20, 1985. 

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