51.   The cruise line industry opposes the bill, saying monitoring would be expensive, burdensome and unnecessary.

52.   The domestic cruise industry opposed it, arguing that American ships would have difficulty competing with foreign vessels that pay no taxes.

53.   The commission heard from the fishermen just after they received a report on the growth of the cruise ship industry in Seattle.

54.   The entire ocean cruise industry is based on ships that are foreign-registered, foreign-crewed and foreign-built.

55.   The cruise industry has several more vessels, just as large or larger, on order from the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.

56.   The cruise industry measures size by gross registered tons, which, for reasons lost in mists of nautical lore, has nothing to do with weight.

57.   The show also made Captain Stubing synonymous with the cruise industry.

58.   The tax advantage is blunted in fields like the cruise industry, where most or many enterprises get similar breaks.

59.   These are boom times for the cruise industry.

60.   This fall, the cruise industry has more to offer Caribbean-bound vacationers than ever before.