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It was in January, so I sent a telegram down to Panama. It has 

 been very hard to get it. 



The Maria CJ. was close and was supposed to pick it up because 



it "was supposed to be done. 



I wanted to put the panel on the Maria CJ.\ the way it looks, i) 

 will take quite awhile to get the webbing. 



Mr. Leggett. Is the webbing ordered in Panama ? 



Mr. Jorge. The ones we wanted, yes. 



Mr. Felaxoo. There are no U.S. manufacturers that we know of 

 that can supply the needs of the fleet. 



The other thing is when you deal with a vessel like the Elizabeth 

 C.J., you cannot — I want to disabuse you of the idea that it is very 

 simple now with the dynamics of the Elisabeth C.J. net to suddenly 

 transfer it to another vessel. 



In other Words, nets are not uniform as such. 



The basic idea is there, but you have the problem of water dy- 

 namics with the net. Not all vessels are equipped with twin screws, 

 5,600 horsepower main engine to effect the backdown when maybe 

 you are practically dragging a bucket of water, so to speak, so there- 

 fore you have problems in your backdown procedure which, last 

 year, accounted for 97 percent of the release. 



Then, there is a period of adjustment by the skipper in the han- 

 dling of his vessel and the net, so I want to disabuse you of the idea 

 that it is simplistic transfer from the Elizabeth C J '. to all of the 

 vessels. 



There will be a time of transition here. 



In the cruise report, you noticed there were some problems with 

 the school fishing, so this has to be developed. 



The other thing is not only the equipment, the fine mesh, we have 

 a problem with floats, so we have a lot of things that have to be 

 considered in making this transition, but it is already underway and 

 one of the major problems is the delivery of the net and the equip- 

 ment associated with the panel. 



Mr. Bonior. Thank you. 



Mr. Leggett. Thank you. 



Mr. Mannina. 



Mr. Mannina. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



You said there would be a time of transition. 



All factors considered, how long a time of transition for installing 

 a system similar to the Elizabeth CJ.f 



Mr. Felando. Assuming we have all the webbing and corks ? 



Mi*. Mannina. Assuming the time to acquire all the items as well 

 as taking care of the gear dynamics, when could the system be 

 operational. 



Mr. Felando. I would like Captain Silva and Captain Jorge to 

 speak on this. 



The idea of installing the nets, if you have it available, you are 

 talking about a week for installation at the most. 



What I am talking about is the transition out at sea so that the 

 fellow knows how to handle the new panel and the apron and I 

 would like to have the two Manuels talk to that. 



The time period, pinning me down, I would say I don't see why 

 anyone shouldn't have the equipment by June, assuming that we 

 have favorable deliveries. 



