Figure 22. — ^A Venezuela trawler used for catching shrin?) and 

 fish. Most of the Venezuela trawl fleet are Italian builto 

 Notice the wide shoe on the trawl door hanging from the port 

 gallows. This type of door is used on soft bottoms. 



There are no shrinp-fishing operations near the mouth of 

 the Orinoco River. 



In the lagoons between Higuerote and Puerto de la Crxiz small 

 white shringj and some sea bobs are caught with seines and cast nets. 

 The best season is between December and March. Most of this catch is 

 dried, although some of the larger shriitp are frozen in Puerto de la Cruz 

 in 12-ouiice and 22-poimd cartons, with ovejrwrap and no glaze. 



The freezer at Puerto de la Cruz is the only plant in 

 Venezuela processing shrin?). A small shrin?) cannery in Maracaibo 

 was under construction at the time the survey was made. 



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