Spain 



The Spanish tuna fisheries have been 

 the most important in Europe. In 1957 the 

 catch was 93 million pounds (fig. 13) . The 

 principal species are bluefin, albacore, 

 and bonito; available statistics, however, 

 include the large albacore catch under 

 bonito. In 1957 albacore was believed to 

 have contributed about 20 million pounds of 

 the 51 million pounds indicated in figure 13 

 for the bonito catch. Little tuna, frigate 

 mackerel and yellowfin are of lesser import- 

 ance. 



Since 1956 some Spanish vessels have 

 travelled as far as the waters off Dakar, 

 Africa, where they have made large catches 

 of yellowfin. These waters are fished only 

 during the winter season when fishing is 

 poor close to Spain. A clipper- type tuna 

 boat has recently been put into operation in 

 Spain and successful trials by this boat may 

 be the prelude to an extension of the range 

 of Spanish operations. 



Table 8. — Spain: Tuna catch by species, 

 1948, 1953, 'and 1957 

 (in millions of pounds) 



SPAIN : TUNA CATCH BY SPECIES 



IN MILLION"! 

 Of POUNDS 



100 



Species 



1948 



1953 



1957 



Bluefin 

 Bonito Y 

 Other -' 



Total 



23.8 



32.4 



5.3 



61.5 



29.1 



38.8 



4.4 



72.3 



32.6 



51.2 



9.3 



93.1 



1/ Bonito includes some albacore. 



2/ Other includes little tuna and frigate 

 ~" mackerel. 



Figure 



-Spain: 

 (1948, 



Tuna catch 

 1953, 1957). 



species 



turkey: tuna catch by species 



IN MK LIONS 



OF POUNDS 



100 



Turkey 



Turkey which straddles the Darda- 

 nelles, The Bosporous and the Sea of Marmara, 

 is ideally located in relation to available 

 tuna resources. Bluefin tuna and bonito pass 

 through these waters on their migrations to 

 and from the Black Sea. The category shown 

 in figure lU as "bonito and skipjack" con- 

 sists mainly of bonito which is the princi- 

 pal species landed in this country. Some of 

 the catch is consumed locally, principally 

 as^ fresh fish, and the remainder furnishes 

 Turkey with its most important fishery ex- 

 port. Bonito and tuna are mainly exported 

 either fresh, chilled, or frozen; a small 



Figure 14.— Turkey: Tuna catch by species 

 (1948, 1953, 1957). 



amount of bonito is also exported, canned, 

 smoked, or dried. In 1956 Turkey exported 

 U3«5 million pounds of bonito and tuna -- 

 17.0 million pounds to Greece and Ik.S mil- 

 lion pounds to Italy. 



The large Turkish catch for 1957 is 

 not unusual. Annual catches of this magni- 

 tude have been reported for the years before 

 World War II. 



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