Table 6. - CANNED TONA AND TUNALIKE FISHES: TOTAL APPARENT LTVITED STATES 

 SUPPLY AND ESTIMATED PEBCENTAGES OF TOTAL APPARENT UNITED STATES SUPPLY BY 

 SOURCE AND TYPE OF PRODUCT, 1926 - 1952 1/ - Continued 



V PRIOR TO 1952 DOES NOT INCLUDE HAWAIIAN PACK FOR WHICH DATA WERE NOT GENERALLY 



AVAILABLE. ALSO BEGINNING AND YEAR-END STOCKS FOR EACH YEAR NOT CONSIDERED. 



2/ CONVERTED TO NET WEIGHT OF CANNED FISH BY CONSIDERING A 45?^ RECOVERY FROM FRESH 



AND FROZEN WEIGHT SHOWN IN IMPORT STATISTICS. EXCEPT 1952 FOR WHICH 50.7?^ RECOVERY 



WAS USED. DATA FOR THE YEARS 1937-1950 EXCLUDE 90?^ OF THE IMPORTS SHOWN FROM COSTA 



RICA AND 60?^ OF THOSE FROM THE CANAL ZONE, BELIEVED TO REPRESENT AN APPROXIMATE 



PROPORTION OF THE TUNA CAUGHT BY UNITED STATES FISHING VESSELS AND TRANS SHIPPED TO 



THE UNITED STATES WHERE IT ENTERED AS AN IMPORT. 



3/ DATA NOT AVAILABLE PRIOR TO 1948. PROBABLY INSIGNIFICANT. 



4/ NOT SEPARATELY CLASSIFIED IN IMPORT DATA AND PROBABLY H NS I GN I F I CANT . 



5/ PRELI Ml NARY 



6/ LESS THAN .05 PERCENT. 



SOURCE: COMPILED BY UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. 



?or 1950 BOid 1951 tlie percentage of the domestic ■aj>k»t for oaoned 

 tuna vhloh was srq^plied "by foreign sources has been <nach greater than 

 the arerage for all canned flah. This is indicated "by coaparing the 

 data on canned fish shown in tahle 5 vlth the data in table 6. It is 

 likely that this situation has prevailed probably to an einn greater 

 extent in 195^ since the 3>ercentage of foreign snpply of canned ttma 

 rose even further in that year. Tb» greater incidence of foreign etxpplj 

 in the canned tuna narks t as cospeured to the arerage for all canned fish 

 is al'so illustrated grt^hically in figure k. 



SPECIAL ASPECTS OF COHSTJMES DBMAUD JOB gOHA DT THS VSITSD STATES 



Besides drawing together historical data oa consumption in the 

 imtediately preceding pages, there vere numerous special aspects of 

 domestic demeuid for tuna which required investigation. Caimed fish 

 processors, distributors, and the consumers were interviewed to de- 

 termine variovis special characteristics of the demand for tuna, dis 

 information is detailed on pages 56 to 88. 



Volume Changes Which Have Occurred or Are 

 ^jij^fttfld to p9<r^ in Packs of Canned Tnna 



Consumption of canned tuita throughout the years has not held to 

 a rigid pattern. When the industry began, albacore was the only species 



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