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150 workers are employed by the port for this purpose. These 
workers are paid at a piece rate with a guaranteed minimum 
equivalent to earnings of the prior year. 
MAJOR FISHING AREAS 
The North Sea continues to be the most important fishing 
area for the coastal flleet, accounting fom 7/7 percent of (ehnat 
fleet's catch in 1974. In distant waters the fishing area 
around Iceland has been the most important, although its im- 
portance is declining with a general shift to other distant 
fishing areas. On the basis of total catch, Greenland, New 
England, Nova Scotia, and Iceland are decreasing in im- 
portance, while the Faroe Islands, Norway, and the Barents 
Sea are becoming more important. In 1974 less than 4 percent 
of the long distance fleet's effort was devoted to fishing 
off New England. 
SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE HARVEST 
The total catch of the West German fishing fleet in 1974 
was 1.1 billion pounds, valued at $206 million.L The 1974 
catch represented an increase of 8.2 percent in tonnage 
caught and 22.5 percent in value over the 1973 catch. 
The most important species caught in 1973 and 1974 were 
cod, salmon, herring, and Atlantic redfish (ocean perch). 
These species made up 74 percent of the catch in 1973 and 70 
percent in 1974. 
The total 1974 landings were about 3.5 percent below the 
average of the previous 5 years. Production of the deep-sea 
trawler fishery increased by 10.9 percent, showing the effect 
of the catching capacity of the new full freezers. Fresh fish 
landings by the trawlers showed only small differences. In 
the coastal and medium water fisheries the production in- 
creased by only 4 percent. 
PROCESSING FACILITIES 
The fish processing industry in West Germany is located 
mainly in the four major fishing ports. The processors 
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