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UNITED STATES TUNA CANNERY RECEIPTS
January - December 2002 and Comparison

Quantities are gross unloading weights reported by United States tuna packers for the periods shown.  United States tuna packers consist of three companies operating four plants located in California, American Samoa, 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
----------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1997 - 2002
  AVERAGE   DOMESTIC    9,738  105,130   40,523  155,391
            IMPORT    111,474   62,002   27,775  201,251
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   121,212  167,132   68,298  356,642

       2001 DOMESTIC    7,592   82,188   25,714  115,494
            IMPORT    103,225   44,548   16,474  164,247
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   110,817  126,736   42,188  279,741

       2002 DOMESTIC    7,133   95,702   33,209  136,044
            IMPORT     98,465   37,150   11,093  146,708
*********** ******** -------- -------- -------- --------
sum                   105,598  132,852   44,302  282,752

 

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

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     2001    2002    2001    2002    2001    2002    2001    2002
------- ----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
W ATL       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
E PAC   1,402     274   1,888     628   2,502   6,293   5,792   7,195
W PAC   6,190   6,859  80,301  95,073  23,212  26,916 109,703 128,848
IND         -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     7,592   7,133  82,189  95,701  25,714  33,209 115,495 136,043

 

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

           ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
AREA     2001    2002    2001    2002    2001    2002    2001    2002
------ ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E ATL   3,446   1,263       -       -       -       1   3,446   1,264
W ATL  39,562  29,848      13       9       -       -  39,575  29,857
E PAC     291      30   6,520   8,002   7,752   4,758  14,563  12,790
W PAC  52,327  58,201  37,397  28,257   8,712   6,334  98,436  92,792
IND     7,600   9,123     617     882      10       -   8,227  10,005
     -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum   103,226  98,465  44,547  37,150  16,474  11,093 164,247 146,708

 

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

             ALBACORE        SKIPJACK         OTHER *         TOTAL
TYPE       2001    2002    2001    2002    2001    2002    2001    2002
-------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
ROUND    92,746  75,192 104,816 107,179  32,546  37,247 230,108 219,618
G+G       7,370   9,917       -       -     373     800   7,743  10,717
DRESSED     229     959      47       -       -       -     276     959
LOIN     10,473  19,529  21,873  25,672   9,270   6,255  41,616  51,456
HDLS          -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
       -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     110,818 105,597 126,736 132,851  42,189  44,302 279,743 282,750

RND WGT ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
sum     124,777 131,340 154,081 164,941  53,816  52,209 332,674 348,490
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.

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