1.   Was the Food and Drug Administration overly sensitive to the commercial interests of the tuna industry when it established guidelines on fish consumption and mercury contamination?

2.   He downplayed the significance of the controversies, which have angered the Mexican sugar and tuna industries.

3.   The import restrictions have hurt the tuna industry in southern California and Mexico.

4.   The Mexican tuna industry and environmentalists opposed to lifting the embargo accuse each other of using environmental issues to mask financial interests.

5.   The joint statement said Pacific Island parties want far more direct U.S. onshore investment in their tuna industries.