Table 8. - CANNED PACK OF TUNA AND TUNALIKE FISHES, 1929 - 1952 - Continued 



l/ THE SOLID PACK OF "TONNO" HAS BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE PACK OF BON I TO. 



2/ THE SOLID PACK OF "TONNO" HAS BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE PACK OF MISCELLANEOUS OR MIXED. 



3/ CHUNK STYLE WAS CONVERTED FROM STANDARD CASES TO POUNDS IN 1952 BY MULTIPLYING 



BY 19.5. 

 NOTE:--DATA FOR 1952 INCLUDES PACK IN HAW II . CHUNK STYLE PACK HAS BEEN INCLUDED 

 WITH FLAKES AND GRATED. 



a more abundant one usually can be used. In production of light-meat 

 canned tuna, oanners h.\Te a marked preference for yellowf in over skip- 

 jack* Skipjack, being of very small size, not only results in a lover 

 yield than yellowf in but also involves much higher cleaning costs. 

 The large spread in production costs between the two species was not 

 folly appreciated until recent careful cost studies were coiq)leted. 

 It is reported that some processors found that they were losing money 

 on all skipjack canned. Qie price paid to fishermen for skipjack has 

 always been lower than that paid for yellowf in. Under the 1953 

 contracts, however, yellowfin continues to bring $320 per ton vdille 

 the skipjack price was raised from $260 to |280 per ton. 



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