5» How can the domestic consumer be assured of an adequate 

 supply of canned tuna at a fair price? 



Consumers have evidenced a keen and increasing desire for 

 canned tuna. It seems obvious that their demands will be met 

 from domestic or imported production or a combination of both. A 

 fair price is another mattero If the domestic fleet can no longer 

 compete with foreign production and is reduced in size or trans- 

 ferred to foreign registry, and if domestic canners become 

 largeDy dependent on imports for their raw material, it will not 

 take long for the exporting countries to eliminate the domestic 

 canners by carrying out the canning function at home. When that 

 occurs, they also can govern the price of canned tuna within 

 certain limits » 



Consumers, therefore, may have a considerable stake in vrtiether 

 we maintain a domestic tuna industry or become dependent on foreign 

 canned tuna* 



6. How can the domestic tuna industry meet the future 

 demand for canned tuna? 



The per capita consumption of canned tuna is increasing, which 

 means that the industry, for a time, at least, must not only supply 

 the added volume required ty population growth but also a greater 

 consumption per person. If the tuna industry solves all its other 

 problems, the matter of increasing its supplies remains. 



If the fishing fleets cannot catch the additional raw material 

 required, then the tuna industry foregoes an opportunity for 

 greater production and may even lose ground to some other more 

 available fish or competing foodo 



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