CHAPTER IX ~ CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 



Fifty years ago the tuna industry in the United States 

 consisted of one cannery in southern California and a few vessels 

 fishing in nearby waters o This cannery and these vessels created 

 the industry that has made available the canned tuna now so wide- 

 spread in domestic markets » 



Since this inauspicious beginning the domestic pack of canned 

 tuna and tunalike fishes has become more valuable than that of 

 salmon^ and more canned tuna is consumed per capita than salmon or 

 any other canned fisho In attaining these premier positions the 

 tuna industry has grown amsizingly in size and complexity. 



The onetime local fishing fleet of small boats has expanded 

 to thousands of fishing craft including the largest, the most 

 expensive, and the farthest ranging fishing vessels in the domestic 

 fleeto The single cannery has grown to over forty canneries which 

 include the finest examples of mechanized fish processing in the 

 cotintryo They have spread to Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii, and 

 to Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, and South Carolina, Others 

 are projected for Mississippi and Puerto RicOo 



Thousands cf shoreworkers find year-round employment in the 

 Pacific coast canneries and other thousands in service industries* 

 Numerous fish plant workers on the Atlantic coast are finding that 

 tuna canning helps to extend employment while processing based on 

 local fisheries is at a low ebb. The first struggling efforts to 

 create a market for canned tuna have given wsy to marketing 

 organizations and promotional programs, the achievements of which 

 may be measured best ty the top ranking of canned tuna in per 

 capita consumption, and by the frequency with which its desirability 

 blazons forth in every type of advertising raediao 



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