TABI£ 31. - ITALY: LANDINGS OF TONA AND TUNALIKE FISHES, 1939 AND 

 1946-1951 



YEAR UNDINGS 1/ 



~ ~ ~ POUNDS 



1939. ,. o o .... o . o .... o « = .. o .............. o . o „„. . 3 ,647,070 



1946 ,..„..o. ...... o,...o.„..oo.,o.o...o.,,o.o.„ 4,679,010 



1947 ...... o .... o .............................. . 4,791,465 



1948 „o.,..................................o.... 2,599,695 



1949 o ...................................... o o . o 5,131,035 



1950 ........... o,...o...,...,...,........,...o, 4,899,510 



1951 ........... PC... ........................ o. 6,376>860 



1/ Landings of whole tuna (ncstly bluefin, tuna 



and tunalike fishes) . 



After the war Italy oontinued to be an excellent market for tuna, 

 imported either canned or in the fresh or frozen form for canning 

 locally. Beginning with 1953» Norway began to supply Italy with large 

 quantities of frozen bluefin. Exports of canned tuna are small | they 

 were 33,000 pounds in 1950 and 95,000 pounds in 1951, compared with 

 1939 shipments of over 1,000,000 pounds. 



T.TRYA 



Before the war Italy obtained part of its tuna supply from its 

 overseas colonies. Libya was then a small but important producer of 

 tuna in the Mediterranean area. Because of Italian initiative, the 

 Libyan tuna ind'istry (nonexistent during Turkish rule) was able to 

 land 2,734,300 pounds of tuna in 1936^ 1,334,000 pounds of canned 

 tuna in oil were exported almost exclusively to Italy. As a result 

 of the North African conflict during World War II, the Libyan tuna 

 industry suffered great losses in equipment and the country's separa- 

 tion from Italy brought about loss of its main market. By 1948, how- 

 ever, the industry was able to land 2,224,845 pounds of tuna. At 

 the same time it recovered its former export market. In 1951, Libya 

 exported 1,147,000 pounds of canned tuna in oil to Italy. 



TUNISIA 



Tunas are caught off the coast of Tunisia as they migrate east- 

 ward during the spring. They are taken in large fixed nets or with 



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