and the Pacific Oceanic Fishery Invests gations of the Service. The 

 Department of State rendered useful service by expediting the re- 

 ceipt of various types of information from foreign sources through 

 its foreign stations. Other agencies of the Federal Government, in- 

 cluding the Department of Commerce, the Food and Drug Administration, 

 and the Tariff Commission, have been most helpful. This report cer- 

 tainly would not have been as complete and probably would not have 

 been possible without the v^olehearted cooperation of those groups in 

 the United States who catch tuna or process, distribute, and import 

 various tuna products. In addition to the fine cooperation between 

 government and industry in this country excellent cooperation also 

 was received from foreign countries through the Department of State. 



For additional information on the tuna industry readers are re- 

 ferred to the Tariff Commission's report, entitled Tuna Fish — Report 

 on Investigation Conducted Pursuant to a Resolution by the Committee 

 on Finance of the United States Senate dated June 26. 1952 . Such things 

 as voliime of imports of tuna and tionalike products, tariffs on tuna 

 and tunalike products, etc., not discussed in the Service report, ex- 

 cept as necessary to illustrate certain other points, are covered in 

 much more detail in the Tariff Commission report. 



The report that follows — and the surveys that preceded it — were 

 completed by the Service without the use of additional funds or spec- 

 ial personnel. This was accomplished by detailing a number of Branch 

 of Commercial Fisheries specialists* from their regular duties to 

 carry out those surveys for which they were particularly qualified. 



The outline on which the surveys were based and the format of the 

 final report were developed by A.W.Anderson, Chief of the Branch of 

 Commercial Fisheries, and Walter H.Stolting, Chief of the Branch's 

 Economics and Cooperative Marketing Section, They also wrote portions 

 of the final report, including the conclusions, and reviewed and edited 

 the balance. 



Others who participated in the preparation of the report are list- 

 ed below: 



BRANCH OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES 

 Section and Name Position Activity 



Economics and 

 Cooperative J^^rketing ; 



DeVora R.Alexander Commodity Industry Economist Foreign 



Washington,D.C. consumption 



Donald M.Clifford Commodity Industry Economist Distrilaution 



Washington,D.C. 



Morton J.Garfield Commodity Industry Economist Consumption 



Washington,D.C. 



* Assistance was also received from two specialists on the staff of the 

 Defense Fisheries Administration and from the Director of the Pacific 

 Oceanic Fishery Investigations. 



