tonito are landed. The catch for the fiscal year July 1, 1951 to Jmie 30, 1952 

 was as follows: albacore 86,209 pounds: hig-eyed 2,252,985 pounds; skipjack 

 9,202,765 pounds; yellowfin 817,3^4 pounds; and "bonito 3i|-,0i<-6 pounds. The 

 fish are taken with live halt gear and long lines. Whereas nearly the entire 

 catch of tuna landed in the United States is cainnpd, a large portion of the 

 Hawaiian catch is consumed f re she 



In addition to the Hawaiian catch of tuna, csuiners obtain a portion 

 of their requirements by importing tuna from Japan. 



IMPORTS OF TUNA AIJD TUHALIZS FISHES 



Eeference has been made to United States imports of various types of 

 tuna products. Tanalike products are also imported into the United States. 

 The development of a market for canned tujia in the United States permitted 

 other nations having tuna fisheries to export a portion of their productdn 

 to this country. For many years, small shipments of csuiiied tuna had been 

 received in the United States from Surcpean packers. These shipments wei'e 

 small and remained so despite the grov/th of the tu.ia market in the United 

 States, since ihey consisted of specialty packs for which there was a limited 

 market, the supply of tuna in Surope was relatively small, and large quemtitles 

 were not available for export. 



The situation in Japan vras quite different. That coimtry was the world's 

 major prod.ucer of tuna, an exportable surplus could easily be caught, and the 

 Japanese v/ere interested in exp£in.ding their trade with the United States, 

 By the mid-1920's, California canners had learned tlxat albacore rans off 

 southern California and Mexico were erratic and ths season too short to 

 permit efficient operatious. They were, tlisrefore, desirous of obtaining 

 an additional source of raw material. This resulted in Japan hecomliig a 

 large exporter of frozen tuna, and later of canned tuna, to the United 

 States, As the market for tuna continued to grow, nxmerous other coimtries 

 began to ship frozen and canned tiona to the United States,, The importation 

 of various types of tuna arid tunalike products into the United States is 

 discussed below. 



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