Table 1. — Landings, sales, expenses and profit or lose experience of large bait boats 

 and purse seiners responding to U. S. Tariff Commission questionnaires. 



1953 



19 c -4 



^5 



jgg 



1957 



Large bait boats. !/ 



No. of vessels 



Net landings - tons' 



Net sales - thousands of dollars 



Average landing - tons 

 Average sales - dollars 

 Average price per ton - dollars 



Fixed expenses 

 Semi-fixed expenses 

 Variable expenses 

 Crew's share 



Net profit or loss (before taxes) 



Large purse eelnersl / 



No. of vessels 



Net landings - tons 



Net sales - thousands of dollars 



Average landing - tons 

 Average sales - dollars 



137848 



IO5238 



99424 



103237 



Fixed expenses 

 Semi -fixed expenses 

 Variable expenses 

 Crew's share 



Het profit or loss (before taxes) /8.8 /l.l 



A-5 



/1. 8 



5.8 

 18.1* 

 19-1 

 53.5 



/3.2 



1/ Bait boat sales are entirely tuna; purse seiner sales include tuna and other fish - tuna in value varied as 

 follows : 



1953 - 97*; 1954 - 87*; 1955 - 85*; 1956 - 92* 

 Source: United States Tariff Commission, Tuna Fish Report, May 1958. 



Table 2. 



-Landings, sales, expenses and profit of albacore vesselB responding 

 to U. S. Tariff Commission questionnaire. 



1954 



1953 



1955 



1956 



1957 



No. of vessels 



Net albacore landings - tons 



Net albacore sales - dollars 



Net sales - all fish - dollars 



Net sales - percent albacore by vessel 



Average landings - albacore - tons 

 Average sales - albacore - dollars 

 Average price per ton - albacore - dollars 



Fixed expenses 

 Semi -fixed expenses 

 Variable expenses*/ 

 Crew's share 



Net profit-average per craft including 



owner's earnings as crew member 

 Net profit and earnings in dollars 



1/ Insurance Included here and not vlth semi -fixed expenses. 



Source: United States Tariff Commission, Tuna Fish Report, May 1958. 



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