Table 9. — Turkey: Tuna catch by species, 

 1948, 1953, and 1957. 

 (in millions of pounds) 



Species 



1948 



Tuna y 

 Bonito - / 



1/ 

 1/ 



Total 1/ 

 1/ Data not available. 

 2/ Probably bluefin. 

 3/ Includes skipjack. 



1953 



1/ 



20.3 

 20.3 



1957 



1.7 

 88.0 

 89.7 



France are summarized in table 13 and 

 figure 15. 



Table 10. 



Species 



-France: Tuna catch by species, 

 1948, 1953, and 1957. 

 (in millions of pounds) 



Albacore 

 Bluefin 

 Yellowf in 



Total 



1948 



14.1 

 2.9 



17.0 



1953 



25.4 

 7.9 



33.3 



1957 



39.3 



4.8 



15.5 



59.6 



France 



The tuna fisheries of France have 

 been dominated by the albacore fishery. 

 Albacore is taken in the Bay of Biscay and 

 for some distance offshore in the Atlantic. 

 The fish are caught by trolling during a 

 short season, lasting from July to October. 



Bluefin is another important species 

 landed in France. It is caught in both the 

 Atlantic and the Mediterranean by seining as 

 well as trolling. American-type live-bait 

 tuna clippers have been introduced and have 

 been responsible for an extension of the 

 fishing range. Yellowf in tuna are now being 

 caught off French West Africa. 



Bluefin is generally sold fresh and 

 albacore is generally canned. Landings in 



Taiwan 



In 1957 the tuna catch (including 

 bonito) of Taiwan was over three times that 

 of 19h8. Although the 38 million pounds 

 produced in 1957 (fig. 16) is small com- 

 pared with the Japanese tuna catch, Taiwan 

 ranked seventh in the world production of 

 tuna. Taiwanese statistics show a large 

 bonito catch — 22,700,000 pounds in 1957, 

 but this category probably includes skip- 

 jack, frigate mackerel, and other tunas. 



Taiwan has been enlarging its tuna 

 long-line fleet. Ten tuna long-liners in 

 the 100-gross-ton class have been built in 

 the last two years. Furthermore, Taiwanese 

 fishing vessels have been increasing their 

 range of activity. Some vessels are now 

 ranging as far as the Indian Ocean. 



FRANCE". CATCH BY SPECIES 



TAIWAN! TUNA CATCH BY SPECIES 



Figure 15.— France: Catch by species 

 (1948, 1953, 1957). 



Figure 16. — Taiwan: Catch by species 

 (1948, 1953, 1957). 



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