costs include transportation from Japan. For those boats which can 

 furnish power for the line hauler from their own propulsion machinery, 

 a separate power unit would not be required. Supplies for rigging 

 long lines are easily obtainable from maritime supply houses. It is 

 estimated that a maximum of 100 baskets of gear would be sufficient for 

 full-time operation. 



Live bait fishing requires a specialized type of craft, and a sur- 

 vey of the fishing boats operating along the Atlantic coast reveals 

 that few boats are considered suitable for conversion purpose So Conver- 

 sion of brawlers and menhaden purse seiners to a style akin to the ac- 

 cepted and.^efficient California tuna clipper would be costly and would 

 involve a considerable risk, at least until a live bait fishery has 

 been proven practical in these waters. Development of an Atlantic 

 live bait tund fishery would seem to be dependent upon the employment 

 of conventional type Pacific coast tuna clippers. 



The -development of a successful tuna fishery in the Atlantic 

 would require employment of skilled fishermen arid trained personnel. 

 Unquestionably this manpower can be found in the fishing industry of 

 the Atlantic coast. Captains and key crew members experienced in tuna 

 fishing would be needed. The menhaden, mackerel and herring purse 

 seine fisheries have been carried on frcm Maine to Florida since the 

 early 1900' s and men from these fisheries would be available for any 

 large-scale tuna purse seining development. Tuna long line fishing 

 differs only slightly from line trawling as practiced in the New Eng- 

 land ground fishery and no difficulty would be experienced in obtain- 

 ing skilled fishermen for this work. Very few fishermen experienced 

 in live bait tuna fishing can be found along the east coast. Some 

 men now engaged in otter trawling and seining have fished on tuna clip- 

 pers out of California ports but the number is small and not to be 

 reckoned with in terms of crews for a sizable live bait fishery. Train- 

 ing of experienced fishermen in live bait fishing technique would not 

 be difficult and indications are that at least 50 percent of a vessel's 

 crew could be recruited from the east coast at the present time. 



AVAILABILITY OF BAIT 



Vfliile no organized live bait tuna fishery has ever been carried 

 on off the Atlantic coast, adequate supplies of herring and other clupe- 

 oid fishes are available to supply the demands of an extensive fishery. 



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