. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 46 CCMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 15, No. 11 In addition, 6,216,000 pounds (value US$2,516,000) of fish and marine animal oils wsi-e exported to the United States during the same period. Table 1 gives the Japanese exports of canned tuna to all countries by tj^pe of pack for November 1952^yiay 1953 in standard cases; table 2 gives the Japanese ex- ports of canned tuna to the United States in actual cases for January-June 1952and and 1953; table 3 gives the Japanese exports of canned tuna by can and case size in actual cases for January-Jun
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 46 CCMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 15, No. 11 In addition, 6,216,000 pounds (value US$2,516,000) of fish and marine animal oils wsi-e exported to the United States during the same period. Table 1 gives the Japanese exports of canned tuna to all countries by tj^pe of pack for November 1952^yiay 1953 in standard cases; table 2 gives the Japanese ex- ports of canned tuna to the United States in actual cases for January-June 1952and and 1953; table 3 gives the Japanese exports of canned tuna by can and case size in actual cases for January-June 1952 and 1953. Table 4 shows the Japanese exports of frozen tuna for January-June 1953 and 1952. «â « * * ^-. TUNA MOTHERSHIP EXPEDITIONS; "Tenyo Maru" Expedition: The tuna expedition headed by the mothership Tenyo Maru as of September 1 reported its catch as 12,/(88,500 pounds, exceeding its goal of 12,4051000 pounds, reports a September 24 U. S. Ek- bassy dispatch from Tokyo. The catch consisted of: yellowf in tuna 6,827,082 pounds, other tunas 1,370,819 pounds, swordfish 2,312,912 pounds, shark 1,957,211 pounds, and other species 20,476 pounds. Operations ended on Septonber 4 and the Tenyo Maru ar- rived in Tokyo on September 14. This expedition operated with one moth- ership (11,224 gross tons), 30 catcher boats (average I30 gross tons), and 2 carriers (1,000 gross tons). Operations were orig- inally scheduled to end in mid-September. "Tone Maru" Expedition; A smaller tuna expedition operated in the Gilbert Islands region. It consisted of the modified otter trawler Tone Maru (535 gross tons), working with the regular tuna-type boat theKashima Maru (99 gross tons). Fishing began mid- July and ended August 12. A preliminary re- port indicates a total catch of 349,581 pounds: The catch consisted of yellowfin tuna fillets for export, 156,300 pounds; yellowfin tuna for domestic market, 38,125 pounds; big-eyed tuna, 32,038 pounds; swordfish, 85,966 po
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