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UNITED STATES TUNA CANNERY RECEIPTS
January - September 2001 and Comparison

Quantities are gross unloading weights reported by United States tuna packers for the periods shown.  United States tuna packers consist of four companies operating six plants located in California, American Samoa, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico.  The Other category may include receipts of Yellowfin, Bigeye, Bluefin, and Longtail tuna.   Totals may not agree due to rounding.

          TOTAL CANNERY RECEIPTS, ALL LOCATIONS
                       (Short Tons)

       YEAR TYPE     ALBACORE SKIPJACK  OTHER *    TOTAL
----------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1996 - 2000
  AVERAGE   DOMESTIC    7,959   86,535   32,959  127,453
            IMPORT     82,693   55,358   26,169  164,220
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                    90,652  141,893   59,128  291,673

       2000 DOMESTIC    6,436   71,059   28,026  105,521
            IMPORT     84,481   53,933   13,905  152,319
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                    90,917  124,992   41,931  257,840

       2001 DOMESTIC    5,134   59,128   16,205   80,467
            IMPORT     76,717   35,911   13,440  126,068
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                    81,851   95,039   29,645  206,535

 

          DOMESTIC CANNERY RECEIPTS BY OCEAN AREA OF ORIGIN
                             (Short Tons)

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001    2000   2001
----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
W ATL       2       -       -       -       3       -       5       -
E PAC   3,282   1,279   6,516   1,888   4,955   2,423  14,753   5,590
W PAC   3,153   3,855  64,543  57,240  23,067  13,782  90,763  74,877
IND         -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     6,437   5,134  71,059  59,128  28,025  16,205 105,521  80,467

 

          IMPORTED CANNERY RECEIPTS BY OCEAN AREA OF ORIGIN
                             (Short Tons)

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001    2000   2001
----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL  11,285   2,186       -       -       1       -  11,286   2,186
W ATL  18,685  26,637      51      13      26       -  18,762  26,650
E PAC   1,129     234  24,655   5,739   8,613   7,058  34,397  13,031
W PAC  44,353  43,457  27,143  29,541   5,266   6,372  76,762  79,370
IND     9,028   4,203   2,084     617       -      10  11,112   4,830
      ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum    84,480  76,717  53,933  35,910  13,906  13,440 152,319 126,067

 

    CLASSIFICATION OF TUNA AS RECEIVED AND CONVERTED TO ROUND WEIGHT
                              (Short Tons)

             ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *        TOTAL
TYPE       2000    2001    2000    2001    2000    2001    2000   2001
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
ROUND    86,821  69,154  90,420  78,908  30,966  21,574 208,207 169,636
G+G       2,693   5,291       -       -   1,204     324   3,897   5,615
DRESSED     809     198       -      47       -       -     809     245
LOIN        595   7,208  34,572  16,083   9,761   7,747  44,928  31,038
HDLS          -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
       -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum      90,918  81,851 124,992  95,038  41,931  29,645 257,841 206,534

RND WGT ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum      92,159  91,492 168,208 115,155  54,264  39,364 314,631 246,011

Conversion to round weight uses factors of 1.11 for gilled and gutted;
1.25 for dressed; 1.3 for headless; and 2.25 for loins.

Contact: Chris Fanning


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