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tained a full time fishery mission in Mexico since 1939, with the result that there 

 has been, and continues to be, a tremendous expansion of the fisheries on both 

 the east and west coasts of Mexico. The extensive exports of Mexican fishery 

 products into the United States have resulted in greatly increasing United States 



Fig. 13-34. New type floating trawl (Schatz) invented in British East Africa. Dispens- 

 ing with doors saves power and increases efficiency. 



exports to Mexico of such items as vessels, nets and netting, cordage, engines, 

 refrigeration, and packaging equipment. Mexico is to a large extent dependent 

 upon outside sources for such equipment. 



Fishing gear in these Central and Latin American countries include weirs, gill 

 and trammel nets, otter and shrimp trawls, haul seines, cast nets, purse seines. 



Fig. 13-35. Typical outrigger canoe (dug-out type) widely used in South 



Pacific fisheries. 



trot, hand and troll lines, and pound or trap nets. They are made of cotton or 

 other native fibers knitted by hand or machine, and in general are nearly as good 

 as United States nets. In contrast one may see the natives in remote coastal 

 villages catching their fish by such primitive methods as bow and arrow, hand- 

 carved spears, hooks made of shells, etc. Although the use of poisons and dyna- 

 mite are occasionally resorted to, such methods are now illegal in most of these 

 countries. 



