WORLD TUNA CATCH BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES, 1957 



(BONIIO INCLUDED) 



JAPAN 



UtRTEO STATES 



PERU 



SPAIN 



TURKEY 



FRANCE 



TAIWAN 



ANGOLA 



USSR 



MOROCCO 



RYUKYU ISLANDS 



GREECE 



NORWAY 



PORTUGAL 



INDIA 



ITAIY 



ESTIMATED TOTAL WORLD TUNA CATCH 



17 BILLION POUNDS 



200 



600 



800 



400 



IN MILLIONS OF POUNDS 



Figure 8.— World tuna catch by principal 

 countries 1957 (bonito included). 



great advances in tuna produc- 

 tion will be made eventually 

 by African countries. 



In Asia, exclusive of 

 Japan, the principal tuna 

 producing country is Taiwan; 

 Taiwan is in an excellent 

 locality for expanding its 

 tuna fisheries. 



An examination of the 

 species composition of the 

 catch by countries will illus- 

 trate the basis of the fishery 

 in each country and the manner 

 in which they have developed 

 during the post-war period. 

 The seven principal producers 

 will be discussed in the order 

 of their importance in 1957. 



bordering tropical and temperate waters, the 

 fisheries are dominated by Japan and the 

 United States. During this decade Japan has 

 overtaken the United States and expended its 

 tuna fisheries to produce a catch of 877 

 million pounds in 1957, compared with 305 

 million pounds for the United States. 



In Europe most tuna producing countries 

 have been increasing their catches; the most 

 significant increases in this region have 

 been made by France, Norway, Spain, and 

 Turkey. Turkey is a producer principally 

 of bonito which is plentiful in the Darda- 

 nelles, the Bosporus, and the Sea or Mar- 

 mara. The USSR catch is believed to consist 

 entirely of bonito taken in the Black Sea. 



Countries on the Atlantic coast of 

 South America are becoming tuna conscious 

 because Japanese operations are showing 

 that the fish are available in large quan- 

 tities. Catches are small now but can be 

 expected to increase, largely owing to 

 joint Japanese-South American enterprises. 



Sizeable tuna catches are being 

 made in Africa by Angola and Morocco. How- 

 ever, no marked increase in their catches 

 has occurred recently mainly because these 

 countries lack the trained men and the gear 

 necessary to conduct large-scale tuna fish- 

 eries. Japanese fishing operations in the 

 South Atlantic and Indian Oceans indicate 

 that large tuna resources exist off the 

 African coast, and it is anticipated that 



Table 4. — Tuna catch by principal 'countries 

 1948, 1953, and 1957 (bonito included), 

 (in millions of pounds) 



Country 



1948 



1953 



1957 



338.9 



321.6 



305.3 



ASIA 

 India 

 Japan 



Ryukyu Islands 

 Taiwan 



NORTH AMERICA 

 United States 



EUROPE 

 France 

 Greece 

 Italy 

 Norway 

 Portugal 

 Spain 

 Turkey 

 USSR 



SOUTH AMERICA 

 Chile 

 Peru 



AFRICA 

 Angola 

 Morocco 



Total (principal countries) 1,733.4 



NOTE: Country shown only if catch was 5 

 million pounds or more in 1948, 

 1953, or 1957. 



NOTE: This does not include countries land- 

 ing less than 5 million pounds of all 

 species of tuna and bonito combined. 

 If they were included the grand total 

 for 1957 would be 1,746.8 million 

 pounds (see table of catch by regions). 



(1) Data not available. 



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