The social and economic effects of tuna fishing in the South Pacific

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Doumenge, Francois
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Noumea, New Caledonia : South Pacific Commission, 1966
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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TUNA FISHING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC 1
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION 2
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TUNA FISHING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC 3
CONTENTS 5
INTRODUCTION: THE TERRITORIES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND THE EXPANSION OF JAPANESE TUNA FISHERIES 7
1. Increase in population and demographic pressure 9
I: ECONOMIC AND HUMAN PROBLEMS OF AMERICAN SAMOA 9
PART ONE: THE TUNA-CANNING INDUSTRY AS RELATED TO THE ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FUTURE OF AMERICAN SAMOA 9
2. Under-developed economy and efforts towards modernization 11
3. Public and private sectors in 1963 13
1. General factors in the industry 14
II: THE TUNA-CANNING INDUSTRY IN PAGO PAGO 14
2. Local factors governing activities in Pago Pago 15
3. Organization of the canneries 16
1. The social repercussions of employment 18
III: THE INFLUENCE OF THE TUNA-CANNING INDUSTRY ON AMERICAN SAMOA 18
2. Influence on the movements of population 20
3. The economic role of the canning industry 22
4. Adaptation of the social and demographic structures to the new activities 24
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF AMERICAN SAMOA 25
I: ORGANIZATION OF THE BASE AT PALLICOLO (ESPIRITU SANTO) 27
PART TWO: THE PROBLEMS OF TUNA FISHING IN THE NEW HEBRIDES AND THE BASE AT PALLICOLO (ESPIRITU SANTO) 27
1. Organization of fishing 28
II: FISHING PROBLEMS 28
2. Yields from the fishing grounds 29
3. Future Problems 32
III: THE PLACE OF THE ACTIVITIES AT PALLICOLO IN NEW HEBRIDEAN ECONOMY AND LIFE 33
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CONDOMINIUM OF THE NEW HEBRIDES 35
1. Investigations and negotiations with a view to the setting-up of new bases ashore 36
2. Installation of the Taiyo Gyogyo Company in New Caledonia 36
PART THREE: NEW SHORE BASES FOR JAPANESE TUNA FISHING 36
3. The new base at Levuka (Ovalau Island), Fiji 39
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW CALEDONIA AND FIJI 41
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA 41
1. Possibilities of organizing tuna-longline fishing based in the South Pacific territories 42
2. Organization of fishing and allocation of fishing grounds 42
3. Economic profits and their distribution 43
4. Organization of the bases as poles of development 44
DESCRIPTION OF CHARTS 45
APPENDIX: ORIGIN OF LABOUR FORCE WORKING AT THE TUTUILA CANNERIES 46
BIBLIOGRAPHY 46
South Pacific Commission Technical Papers 51

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