50 COiaERCLflL FiaffiRIES REVIEW Vol. I3, No. 4 



Chile 



CMMED FISH PRODUCTION , I95O : Tnere was an increase of almost 25 percent in 

 the volume of fiaa canned and processed in Chile in 1950, the Director of Hunting 

 and Fishing reports. Total canned fish production amounted to 35,453 metric tons, 



BELGIDM TRAWLERS TO OPERATE W CHILEAN WATERS ; Tlie Director of Hunting and 

 Fishing announced that a fleet of seven fishing trawlers from Belgium would arrive 

 in Chile in March to operate in Chilean waters, according to a March 8 American 

 Embassy dispatch fraa Santiago. 



Cuba 



SPONCa: INDUSTRY FACES DIFFICULTIES ; Overfishing and a blight present new dif- 

 ficulties for the Cuban sheepswool sponge industry, according to a March 7 American 

 Legation dispatch. Of the three prosperous exporting companies operating a decade 

 ago, only one exporting finn remains. One exporter complained that Cuban sponges 

 were being discriminated against by the United States duty of 12 percent ad valorem 

 wriiile Mediterranean sponges (similar to the Cuban sheepswool) are given preferential 

 treatment by being assessed a 7.5 percent duty. Ihe Cuban sponge interests are 

 looking to their Government to aid them in rehabilitating their industry by trans- 

 planting and propagating desirable varieties of sponges, and to the United States 

 for a readjustment of tariffs. 



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PURCHASES BOATS FOR J^TPTimP FISING ; A Cuban fishing outfitter recently ac- 

 quired in Florida two motor-equipped sailboats (the Kadholvsky and the John Panagis ). 

 Reports indicate that these boats will be used for fishing shrimp, a new Cuban ven- 

 ture, according to a March 5 American consular dispatch from Havana. 



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FISH HEFRIGERATICM PLANTS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ; Bids for the construction of 

 three fish refrigeration plants have been requested by the National Development 

 Commission of Cuba in advertisements published in the Havana press. These plants 

 will be erected at Nueva Gerona (Isle of Pines), Santa Cruz del Sur, and Nuevitas 

 (Camaguey) , according to a March 1 American consular dispatch f ran Havana. 



Denmark 



NEW GERMAN-DUTCH TWE TRAWL TESTED ; Trawling gear in European countries is 

 being improved steadily, according to recent reports published in the February I4 

 issue of Fiskaren, a Norwegian fishery periodical. A new German-Dutch type trawl 

 constructed in Esbjerg, Denmark, has been tested with good results. Danish fisher- 

 men who watched the tests were enthusiastic over its perfonoanoe. No details on 

 the construction or operation of the gear were given. 



