Table 1 

 Number of People Employed in the Chile Fishing Industry-1952 



Number of Crews on 



Fishermen Cannery Vessels 



Employees 

 in Canneries 



Total 



Iquique 



Antofagasta 



Coquimbo 



2,072 



580 



652 

 340 



127 



1,119 



1,942 

 991 



838 



3,771 



Number of Fishermen in Various Zones and % of Chile's Total- 



1943; 1951; 1952 



1943 — % 



1951 — % 



1952 



% 



Number of Fishing Vessels and Boats Used in Various Zones 

 Studied, 1951 - 1952 



Under 10 Tons 

 Over 10 Tons (Motor Vessels) 

 1951 - 1952 1951 - 1952 



Average 4 Tons 



(Row Boats)* 



1951 - 1952 



Total 

 1951 - 195: 



Iquique 



Antofagasta 



Coquimbo 



17 20 



4 4 

 1 4 



202 



100 



71 



170 

 1 1 



73 



240 203 

 212 203 



268 277 



461 393 



316 317 

 340 354 



22 28 



273 353 



720 683 1,117 1,064 



*Note: Row boats and skiffs average less than 1 ton 



Zone I — Iquique. This Zone is in the State of Tarapaca and includes 

 the ports of Arica, Pisagua, Iquique and Cavancha. Arica, on the border 

 of Peru and Chile, has a local swordfishing fleet of about twenty-five boats. 

 The number of vessels is not constant in any one port since the boats shift 

 from port to port, following the schools of fish. Arica has a small cannery 

 and freezing plant. The cannery processes anchovies, sardines and bonito 

 (Figures 12, 13). Most of the swordfish are frozen and exported to La Paz, 

 Bolivia, by rail. 



Southward, Pisagua is a shelter used by the fleets of Arica and Iquique 

 when the fish are in that vicinity. Iquique, one hundred and twenty miles 

 south of Arica, is the principal fishing port of the Zone. The main sword- 

 fishing fleet of Chile, roughly about one hundred boats, is based here, as 

 are the principal tuna canneries. The latter are three in number and include 

 large freezing capacity. One, Pesquera, Iquique, is the largest in South 



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