Table 80 —Calculated fair prices for fish 



(A) (B) 



(C) 



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Total operating expenses 



Total price of tuna 



Price (cents per pound) for tuna „oo 



Total price of sharks and other 



Price (cents per pound) for sharks 

 and other species „ , o o » . . . . » . o o « « 



^( Translator's noteo — error of ¥38,507 ($106,96) in original table,) 



As was shown in table Ij of the total value of the catch of a tuna 

 long-line boat, the tuna and spearfish represent 90 percent and the sharks 

 and other species represent 10 percento Therefore, the operating expenses 

 have been similarly divided 90-10 in order to compute suitable priceso 

 Taking as the average catch per trip 44t,724 pounds of tunas and 24,363 

 pounds of shark and other species, and figuring six trips per year, the 

 prices per pound were calculated on the basis of the splitting of the 

 corrected costs between tuna and sharks and other species as explained 

 in the foregoingo 



I have in this manner found the prices adequate to insure continued 

 operation of the tuna longline fishery. The following table compares 

 these calculated prices with the ceiling prices actually in effect at 

 present. 



Table 9o-=Ceiling prices in effect on fish 

 Converted to cents per pound^ 



Species 



Yellowfin, striped marlin, 



bigeyed tuna, and white raarlin 

 Albacore and skipjack 

 Sailfish 

 Broadbill swordfish 



Calculated fair price for 



tuna and spearfish 

 Dolphin 



Wahoo and snake mackerel 

 Blue shark 

 Other sharks 



Calculated fair price for 



sharks and other species » . « o 



Region D 



$,056 

 o051 

 0O39 

 ,046 



(A) $.10 (B) $,11, 



,022 

 ,025 

 ,016 

 ,009 



Region B 



$c048 

 ,044 

 ,034 

 ,039 



(C) $„11 

 ,017 

 ,021 

 ,011 

 „006 



(A) loOlB, (B) $,023« (C) $.023 



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