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San Diego Tuna (1), 1967

 File — Box: 375, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7

Scope and Contents

Extensive corresp., telegrams, reports, etc. on the tuna industry. Examples are: draft copy of Congressman Wilson’s remarks to the Subcommittee on Fisheries & Wildlife re/ H.R. 4451, 90th Cong., 1st Sess. (n.d.); corresp. of Congressman Hosmer (6/20/67) re/ support for H.R. 4451 & H.R. 9015; 11 copies of “Statement By Congressman Bob Wilson Before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries & Wildlife Conservation on H.R. 9015 and Similar Bills,” (6/22/67); packet of corresp. from American Tunaboat Assoc. to Congressman Wilson & Senator Kuchel re/ “seizure of U.S. Tuna Clippers on high seas” & “Summary of the ‘200 mile’ Territorial Sea Claim by Certain Latin American Countries” (3/67); corresp. from Congressman Wilson (6/67) re/ “canneries in Samoa are damaging the [American] domestic market....;” packet of corresp., reports, news clippings & constituent letters, etc. (Feb-June 1967) re/ environmental damage to ocean species by purse seiners, seizure of U.S. flag tuna boats & territorial fishing limits; news clipping (Washington Post, 3/26/67) re/ “Fishing Boat Squabbles;” corresp. State Dept., The White House & Congressman Wilson (4/67) re/ “a coastal nation’s jurisdiction over fisheries in adjacent seas;” copy of Evening Tribune editorial (3/1/67) re/ “U.S. Must Act to Protect Fishing Fleet;” corresp. of National Marine Terminal, Inc. (5/67) re/ “Mexican Fishing Zones;” corresp. (4/67) of albacore fisherman protesting American cannery operation in Samoa; packet of corresp., memorandums, telegrams, etc. from Treasury Dept., State Dept., Congressman Wilson & American Tunaboat assoc. (Jan.-Feb. 1967) re/ licenses, seizures & compensation for U.S. flag tuna boats in Latin American waters; small packet of corresp. (3/67) of  Ocean Fish Protective Assoc., Inc. & copy of OFPATIDE (2/67) re/ concept of “sustainable yield” in commercial fishing; constituent complaint & Congressman Wilson’s response (4/67) re/ price differential between American & Japanese yellowfin tuna; Congressman Wilson’s press release of message sent to President Johnson (4/6/67) re/ “frequent seizures of U.S. fishing vessels on the high seas by these Latin nations;” copy of Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission’s Resolution No. 11, “Foreign Fishing” (4/4/67); copy of American Tunaboat Assoc., Newsletter, Issue 67/2 (4/7/67) re/ personal property tax relief; corresp. (3/8/67) re/ Ecuadorian seizure of Japanese tuna longliner Chiyo Maru No. 15; copy of Vessel Protective Act, P.L. 680 (8/27/67); SWECO press release (3/29/67) & corresp. (3/6/67) re/ fish protein plant proposal & Star Kist Foods, Inc.; corresp. of American Tunaboat Assoc. (3/21/67) re/ newspaper article concerning fishing vessel subsidy act & excerpt from the National Fisherman (3/67); copy of City of Los Angeles, Board of Harbor Commissioners (3/1067), Resolution No. 3010 re/ concern for welfare, safety & prosperity of the crews & vessels of the commercial fishing fleet operating from the Port of Los Angeles; corresp. of Congressman Wilson & National Canners Assoc. re/ NCA Convention in Chicago (Jan-Feb. 1967); corresp. of Seafarers International Union of North America (2/21/67) re/ “Budget Appropriations for Fisheries;” copies of agreements between U.S. & Soviet Union on fishery problems in the northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean & State Dept. corresp. (2/67); constituents, Pacific Beach Republican Assembly & American Tunaboat Assoc. telegrams & corresp. to Congressman Wilson & his responses (Jan,-Feb. 1967) re/ illegal seizure of U.S. tunaboats by Peru & Ecuador; Congressman Wilson’s telegrams to President Johnson & Sec. of  State Dean Rusk (1/26/67) re/ seizure of Sea Preme.

Dates

  • created: 1967

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From the Collection: English

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