Word: tuna
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Production. The industry can trace its trouble back before World War II, when salmon was king of the market, selling almost 9,000,000 cases v. only about 3,000,000 cases of tuna, the nearest competitor. During the war, the demand, with the Government buying 80% of the catch, was always far ahead of supply. Temporarily sure of their market, the packers forgot about advertising, shrugged off climbing costs, left it up to the brokers who sold the catch to keep up consumer interest in salmon...
...Service reported that the salmon were disappearing; the catch was less than 4,000,000 cases, the smallest since 1927. This year the pack will drop to 2,800,000 cases, and 27 of the Northwest's 121 canneries have already gone out of business. Furthermore, low-cost tuna has inherited a large part of the market, outselling high-priced salmon...
...Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Mexico's Dr. Rodolfo Arujo won the Tenth International Tuna Tournament for his country's team by landing the match's largest tuna, a 723-lb. bluefin, taken in 1 hr. 45 min. Next, in order of finish: Argentina, Cuba, The Netherlands. The U.S. team failed to boat a fish...
...only three minor cases were traced to milk products: one each to cheese, ice cream and eggnog. Still more surprising, only one outbreak (66 cases) involved shellfish. Otherwise, the old standbys in the spoilage and upset-stomach routine were to blame: cream-filled pastries, ham, turkey, chicken and tuna fish salad...
...passions do not seem particularly excessive or out of place. Director William (Salome) Dieterle has made good use of Vulcano's sun-baked terrain, rocky mountainsides, bleak and barren vistas. Blending a documentary style with the blood & thunder, he has turned out some notable scenes: a raw, vivid tuna-fishing sequence, a scene of island women toiling in the cruel pumice mines, a colorful festival procession on nearby Lipari...