. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. SOUTH PACIFIC 57 American Samoa TAIWAN TO START TUNA SALES COMPANY Taiwan is reported planning to establish on American Samoa a sales company financed jointly by the Taiwanese Government and the fishing industry. At present, Taiwan operates over 80 tuna vessels out of Samoa. Tuna landings of the Samoa-based Tai- wanese fleet now are sold through the Jap- anese Taiyo Fishing Co. and the Formosan Marine Products. The proposed company would take over sales and supply procure- ment for the fleet. ("Suisancho Nippo,"Nov. 4, 1967.) TUNA
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. SOUTH PACIFIC 57 American Samoa TAIWAN TO START TUNA SALES COMPANY Taiwan is reported planning to establish on American Samoa a sales company financed jointly by the Taiwanese Government and the fishing industry. At present, Taiwan operates over 80 tuna vessels out of Samoa. Tuna landings of the Samoa-based Tai- wanese fleet now are sold through the Jap- anese Taiyo Fishing Co. and the Formosan Marine Products. The proposed company would take over sales and supply procure- ment for the fleet. ("Suisancho Nippo,"Nov. 4, 1967.) TUNA PRICE DROPS IN JANUARY 1968 On Jan. 9, 1968, Japanese tuna suppliers and U. S. packers in American Samoa agreed to hold January 1968 tuna delivery prices at the December 1967 levels. During the nego- tiations, the Japanese initially sought a $5-a- ton increase for yellowfin. They were offered a $5 drop by U. S. packers. Later, they ac- cepted the American offer to continue the De- cember 1967 prices. In 1967, the Samoa tuna delivery prices continued to decline until May. Then they began to rise gradually but did not reach the levels of a year earlier. January 1968 1 1967 Albacore: Frozen . (US$/Sh 357 ort Ton) . 390 375 Iced Yellowfin: Frozen 310 290 350 330 Iced Big-eyed: 185 170 240 225 Frozen Iced The January 1968 prices are $17,50 below January 1967 prices for albacore, $40 below for yellowfin, and $55 for big-eyed. ("Suisan Tsushin," Jan. 11, 1968.) >^ Fiji Islands NEW FISHERY RESEARCH VESSEL LAUNCHED A fisheries research vessel for the Fiji Government, named "Gonedau" (Fishermen), was launched recently. The vessel, built by the Fiji Public Works Department, will carry out research and experiment with fishing methods in Fiji waters, ("Pacific Islands Monthly," Oct. 1967,). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these il
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