fishing in any tropical and subtropical waters of the Eastern Pacific 

 and the Western Atlantic. Fishing conditions for tuna in tie Tropical 

 Eastern Pacific have appeared to be the "best available aM fishing 

 effort has been concentrated in that area. Recently, the industry 

 has given some attention to the possibilities for fishing operations 

 in other areas. !lVo events have contributed to this development. 

 Tbe Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations has drawn attention to 

 areas having an apparently productive potential of tuna in. the equa- 

 torial waters of the Central Pacific, and exploratory fishing by the 

 Branch of Commercial Fisheries in the GvHf of Mexico has indicated 

 that previous estimates of the possibilities for fishing for tuna 

 on the Atlantic side should be re-examined. 



Segments of the tuna Industry have plans, in various stages of 

 development, for the operation of new tan& ceuining plants at Moss 

 Point, Mississippi, and at Ponce and Quaniea, Puerto Rico. These 

 plants will operate on tuna taken in the Tropical Eastern Pausific, 

 but their locations will enable them to take advantage of any fish- 

 ing developments in the Western Atlantic Area. In the choice of 

 locations, the fact that these Gulf and Caribbean ports are nearer 

 the Tropical Eastern Pacific tuna fishing grounds than is southern 

 Callforula (see table 71) has been considered, as well as such feu:tors 

 as availability of labor, transportation, and local arrangements for 

 some tax exetaptions. These developments appear to be an expansion 

 of the tTina industry rather than 6uiy large-scede movement of fleets 

 or shore facilities. 



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