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SIZE GROUP 

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Figure 18„ Acceptance of CAVALIERI Longline Tuna 

 for Canning. Since the CAVALIERI catch of tuna consisted of 

 large fish from an untried area, we were vitally interested in the 

 percentage acceptance by the canneryo The above figure shows 

 that a very small percentage of the small and medium sized fish 

 were rejected by the cannery, while only 30 percent of the yellow- 

 fin tuna above 150 pounds were acceptable. The rejection at the 

 cannery was primarily on the basis of the color of the flesh, the 

 larger fish being generally darker thanthe smaller. Later obser- 

 vations of fish of various sizes canned especially for us indicated 

 that flavor was not noticeably affected by size. 



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