Adding to these increases in the cost of materials the rise in the price 

 of rice, we see that a tuna long-line vessel actually has annual 

 operating costs of $4,722„22„ 



Skipjack Pole-and-Line Fishery- 

 Vessel of 88 tons and 176 Ho Po making 12 trips per year 

 Crew-~50 men 

 Catch— 34i,237o8 pounds per trip for a value of |2,760„00 



Expenses for one trip 



Item 



I Increase due 

 i to price rise 



Cost 



Percentage of 

 total cost 



Market handling charges 

 (up \%) 



Staple food (ceiling 

 price raised) 



Oil (fuel oil up \%%) 



Bait 



Ice 



Provisions 



Miscellaneous expenses 



Fishing gear expenses 



|27„60 



21„69 



20„55 



none 



none 



none 



none 



none 



$ 165o60 I 12o8 



123„30 , 



255o21 



375oOO 



76„11 



93o33 



151o39 



46c43 



9„6 



19c8 



29ol 



5„9 



7c3 



llcS 



3o6 



Total 



)9c84 



,286c 54 



100c 



Among these items the yearly increase for fuel oil amounts to 

 $246, 60s for handling charges to |331o20j, and for staple food to 

 $260, 30„ 



Skipjack boats usually make two long-lining trips during the 

 winter,, In this case there is an increase in expenses of about $694c44 

 for the t-jvo trips, making a total increase for the year of $ls532o54o 



The above are the expenses for one tripo If we break these down 

 as we did in the case of the long-line fishery j, we find the following 

 major items s Bait 29ol percent j, oil 19o8 percent j handling charges 

 12 08 percent; and staple food 9o6 percent of the total expenseso Of 



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