2o How can domest-ic packers be assured of adequate raw 

 materials to meet market demands for canned tuna? 



Landings of tuna by the domestic fleet currently are not large 

 enough tc suppjy the needs of domestic cannerso If additional 

 restrictions were placed on imports of frozen round tuna.^ or 

 frozen cooked tuna loins, to aid the fishing fleets and the domestic 

 catch could not be correspondingly increased, mary caxmers would be 

 seriously affected. Most California canners import tuna although 

 most of the domestic tuna is landed there. Pacific Northwest 

 canners require imported tuna because the local catch of albacore 

 is highly variable and never large. Atlantic coast canners are 

 almost wholly dependent on tuna from foreign sources as the local 

 fisheries ara unsure and undeveloped. 



Diminished access to imports of frozen round tuna or frozen 

 cooked loins, or an increase in their cost, would require canners 

 to decrease and limit their markets, would increase their operating 

 costs, and could stimulate transfer of canning operations to foreign 

 countries o 



3o How can domestic shore plant workers be assured of 

 full employment in canneries utilizing tuna? 



Imported frozen round tuna permits increased operation and 

 greater employment since domestic landings of tuna currently are not 

 large enough to supply the needs of domestic canners. If restric- 

 tions were placed on imports of frozen round tuna to aid the fishing 

 fleet, and the domestic catch could not be increased to meet the 

 need, cannery operations would be curtailed and shore employment 

 decreased. Imports of frozen cooked tuna loins add to a canner's 

 supply of raw material but eliminate a relatively large number of 

 shoreworkers in the butchering and cleaning operations. Imports 

 of frozen cooked tuna in cans also add to the canne^-'s supply of 

 raw mateiaal and eliminate additional shoreworkers in the can 

 filling operationo Imports of tuna canned in oil or in brine 

 eliminate all need for shoreworkers in domestic plants. 



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