Industry Statistics 



PRODUCTION STATISTICS 



At present, the data on the receipts of tuna at California can- 

 neries as well as the pack by these canners are available on a month- 

 ly basis from the California Department of Fish and Game. These data 

 and information on landings and imports in California are also pub- 

 lished weekly in the Market News reports issued by the Fish and Wild- 

 life Service at San Pedro. In the past, these data have been suffi- 

 cient for the industry as only a small pack of tuna was produced out- 

 side of that State, ;Yith the increased interest in packin*^ tuna in 

 other areas, it is necessary to consider imports and packs m other 

 sections. The California tuna industry has recently requested that 

 the Service obtain data on imports of fresh and frozen tuna in other 

 Pacific Coast Areas and published them in the San Pedro Market News 

 reports. If the expansion of tuna canning on the Atlantic coast con- 

 tinues, similar information for that area would also be necessary in 

 estimating total supplies available. 



Somewhat similar data are available on the pack of canned salraon- 

 a closely competitive product « Information on the pack of salmon in 

 Alaska is available weekly in the Market News reports issued by the 

 Fish and jVildlife Service at Seattle during the packing season. Data 

 on the Paget Sound production are issued at intervals by the Vfeshing- 

 ton Department of Fisheries, and published in the Seattle liarket News 

 reports also. There are no regularly published figures on the salmon 

 pack in the Columbia River and Coastal district s, but the pack of these 

 districts does not usually represent more than 5 percent of the total 

 production. 



Similar information for canned mackerel arid canned pilchard are 

 available on a monthly basis from the California Departitient of Fish 

 and Game, although these products are not generally considered to be 

 directly competitive with canned tuna. 



Estimates of actual and anticipated production of fresh meat and 

 poultry and canned poultry—which are competive with canned tuna in 

 the sense that they are protein foods- ^are published monthly by the 

 Department of Agriculture. Apparently very few persons interested in 

 the marketing of canned tuna pay any attention to these items^ but 

 their supply and price undoubtedly affect the sales of canned tuna. 



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