During the first quarter 102 million 

 pounds were received in 1959, of which U2 

 million pounds were imported and 60 mil- 

 lion pounds were domestic landings. 

 Imports exceeded the five year average by 

 10 million pounds and were lU million 

 pounds greater than in 1958. The impact 

 of Japanese shipments from the Atlantic 

 is significant. Domestic landings during 

 the first quarter amounted to 60 million 

 pounds, U million pounds over 1958 and 6 

 million pounds more than the five year 

 average. The increase in imports was 

 substantially greater than the increase 



of domestic landings. Landings of the 

 bait boat fleet dropped considerably but 

 the purse seine fleet enjoyed excellent 

 fishing during the first part of 1959. 



350 MILLION POUNDS 



TOTAL U.S. IMPORTS OF TUNA 



OTHER COUNTRIES 



Table 3.— Imports of tuna into the 

 United States from Japan, Peru and 

 other countries, 19U8-58 (Round 

 weight in millions of pounds) 



JAPAN 





Figure 2. — Imports of tuna from Japan, Peru, 

 and other countries in recent years. 



Table U. — California canner's supply of frozen tuna for the first quarter 

 (January through March) (Round weight) 



Five year average 



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