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has a station for depositing coal and ice and for taking water. The 

 system of fishing used by this company is the "otter trawl," and the 

 trips vary from one to six days. The one-day trip results in the 

 catch of eight to ten thousand pounds of small fish, such as corbina, 

 small hake, sole, marine crabs, sea urchins, lobsters, sea bream, 

 conger eel, white braize, palometa, rayas, rayones, chuchos, sea fish, 

 black corbina, criollas, sargos, brotola, borriqueta, whiting, crab, 

 sea-wrack, etc. Deep-sea fishing requires longer voyages, usually 

 from four to six days, and results in the catch of the following classes 

 of fish: Merluza, castanetas, white braize, sea bass, ruffle, chanchitos, 

 cod, quineos, mackerel, rouge, caballitos, canarios, soles, anchoa, 

 horse mackerel, shrimp, potas, canadas, cuttlefish, moscardines, 

 poulp, mussels, etc. These fish are caught in waters of 200 to 500 

 feet in depth, and it is stated that an average catch of a six-day trip 

 of one vessel is about 33,000 pounds. 



The firm has an agreement with the Bureau of Fisheries (Instituto 

 de Pesca) to furnish it 50 per cent of all the common or small fish and 

 20 per cent of the "merlu;:a" caught. Common fish are quoted at 

 5 cent6simos per kilogram, or 2.345 cents per pound, and the fine 

 or choice fish at 15 centesimos, or 7.03 cents per pound. The bureau 

 resells the fish at 7 and 35 centesimos, respectively, or 3.3 cents and 

 16.4 cents per pound. It is stated that the prices quoted by this 

 company are about 30 per cent lower than the wholesale quotations 

 at the fish docks. Fresh fish are also sent to such interior towns as 

 Artigas, Rivera, Melo, San Fructuoso, Trinidad, Durazno, Mercedes, 

 and Minas. 



[By William Dawson, consul at Montevideo, March 18, 1919.] 



The Uruguayan Institute of Fisheries recently inaugurated a cold- 

 storage and ice plant situated in one of the Montevideo port deposits. 

 The plant is equipped with a Sulzer (Swiss) refrigerating outfit that 

 can turn out 10,000 kilos (22,046 pounds) of ice in 24 hours. The 

 initial cost of the machinery- was about $30,000, while about $17,000 

 and $7,000 vere spent on installation and plant, respectively. The 

 capacity of the cold storage chambers is 600 cubic meters (21,188.7 

 cubic feet). A temperature of —20° C. has been obtained in the 

 course of experiments. The primary object of the new plant is to 

 furnish the ice and cold-storage facilities required by the institute 

 for preserving and shipping fish for consumption at interior points. 



ARGENTINA. 



BUENOS AIRES. 



[By W. Henry Robertson, consul general, October 19, 1921.] 



According to information furnished by La Pescadora Argentina, 

 one of the leading local fishing companies, the principal fishery 

 products obtained in Argentina are iresh fish for domestic con- 

 sumption, coming chiefly from the ports of Bahia Blanca, Mar del 

 Plata, Necochea, and Montevideo, in the Republic of Uruguay, con- 

 sisting of the following species : Corvina, pescadilla, pargo, anchovies 

 sea bream, bonito, Limon, sole, conger eel, royal conger eel, raya, palo- 

 meta, hake, squid, shrimp, and prawn. Fresh-water fish from La 

 Plata River and its tributaries include pejerrey, shad, zurubi, pati, 

 pacu, and other varieties of minor importance; from inland waters, 

 pejerry ; and from Rio Negro River, trout. 



