S[?] Meets Competition
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S[?] Meets Competition [?]om Jap. Tuna Packers
AN Camp Sea Foods, who operate the tuna cannery in jo Pago, recently asked a US iff Commission for substantial reases in duty on foreign tuna sring the United States. The ipany stated in evidence that boats fished only 56 per cent of t country’s tuna needs. leanwhile, the Van Camp tuna nery at Pago Pago, Eastern noa, is to be modernised and its cessing capacity increased, he Government’s vessel Manu’a ? took a party of seven American micians from Canton Island, :re they had arrived by air, to 0 Pago in April. rincipal technical difficulty is limited reserve fish-holding acity of the factory—about 200 3. This means that tuna ictimes have to be wasted if e hauls are brought in by the boats. The cannery cannot 3 pace with the fishing, and all ling room is fully taxed, arly in April the cannery had 30 cases of canned fish on hand iting shipment. Thorsisle was ly to make a special call to lift produce for the States on her r voyage north. uring peak operation the aery is now employing 250 loans.
Lood Of Japanese Tuna
: the recent US Tariff Com mon hearings, Van Camp asked an increase in duty on tuna in Tom the present 45 per cent to >er cent; and for tuna in brine 1 12h per cent to 54 per cent. r as pointed out that as a result competition from overseas ces, Japan especially, American s had fished only 56 per cent ae country’s tuna needs in 1954, :ompared with 91 per cent in panese exporters had supplied )er cent of America’s needs in compared with 1.3 per cent.
L 948. pan’s present tuna plans in te that she will be able to 'uce 23 million cans for export .958. This is more than twice present world consumption. 3 canneries, which paid the rman $330 and $290 per ton 954 for yellowfin and shipjack actively, are seeking a reduction ;30 or more per ton for the mt season. e Japanese fishing vessel yu-Maru, No. 510-127, arrived ’ago Pago on April 21 to join other fishing fleet there
supplying Van Camp Sea Food Company with tuna for canning.
The ship has a registered tonnage of 156, is 108 feet in length, 22 in width with a draft of 10 feet. She carries a crew of 28.
The Sassyu Maru left Shimizu, Japan, on March 10 and fished enough in Samoan waters to bring in 48 tons as her initial offering to the cannery.