International trade
| dc.creator | Brodhead, G.C. | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T12:11:28Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T12:11:28Z | |
| dc.date | 1971 | |
| dc.date | 2018-01-10T07:15:57.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-28T00:02:03Z | |
| dc.description | The tuna industry is a large, mature, well-established segment of the seafood producing, processing, and marketing economy. World production of albacore and light tunas has increased from 763,000 metric tons in 1960 to 1.081.000 metric tons in 1969. Two-thirds of this increase occurred between 1960 and 1962. Since that time, growth has been limited to an average of 17.000 tons per year. Catches by the longline fleets have shown no growth since 1962. Longline fishing, which has provided about 40% of the world supply in recent years, is operating on fully- or overexploited stocks. The discovery of new sub-surface stocks is unlikely and it is anticipated that of surface fishing effort on the younger fish will recruitment to the sub-surface populations. Surface fishing effort by purse seine vessels has increased in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic and by pole and line vessels in the western Pacific in recent years and so have landings. Fishing for yellowfin is currently under regulation in the eastern Pacific being considered for the eastern Atlantic. Skipjack populations remain largely underdeveloped in the tropical areas of the Pacific, Atlantic Indian Oceans and are expected to provide much of the future increase in world tuna landings. The United States is the major world for tuna and in 1969 consumed the equivalent of 461,000 metric tons of round fish. Consumption is almost entirely in the canned form. During the period 1960 to 1969, use has increased at the rate of 14.000 m etric tons per year. Per capita consumption during 1969 was 2.25 kilograms and has been increasing at the rate of .04 kilograms per since 1960. Japan is the second largest user of tuna and there it is eaten as sashimi, katsuo bushi, namari bushi, in fish and canned. Total usage of tuna in Japan peaked in 1962 at 350.000 metric tons and has since declined to about 325.000 metric tons per year. Per capita consumption is high at 3.25 kilograms per year. The decline in consumption of tuna in Japan i s attributed to the shortage of raw material and resulting rapid and steady increase in price during the 10 year period. | |
| dc.format | VIII, 27 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/B2719E | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-b2719e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/298074 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | International trade | |
| dc.title | International trade | |
| dc.type | Document |