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COMMERCIAL FISiERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 13, No. 4 



French Morocco 



FORBIDS DRAGCER FISHING : The uae of drag nets fished by one or more boats is 

 forbidden during a period of three years in the territorial waters of the French 

 Zone of the Sherifian Empire, a December I3 American consular dispatch from Rabat 

 reports. The decree (dated September 2, I950) was promilgated in order to protect 

 the country's fishing grounds, and became effective on November 1, I95O. 



The area in vrtiich this type of fishing is prohibited is designated by the decree 

 as lying between the lighthouse of Jfehdia and the lighthouse of Fedala; and from the 

 parallel of the lighthouse at Tefelnet and the parallel of the marabout Sidi Ouassai, 

 to the south of the outlet of the River Massa. 



Not affected is gear fished "by hand, along the bank, near the shore, oron 

 board a stationary boat, as well as those which sink to the bottom and are immediately 

 pulled to the surface again from the land or at sea, such as seines." 



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German Federal Republic 



PILCHARDS CAUGHT BY GERMAN TRAWLERS ; After the Geiman herring season ended in 

 December, German trawlers continued looking for herring. Going deep into the Eng- 

 lish Channel, the trawlers made a 14-day voyage and were able to catch herring. Also, 

 for the first time known, they netted pilchards— a fish unknown to these fishermen 

 who mistook them for anchovies, a January 25 American consular dispatch from Bremef- 

 haven reports. 



Two reasons are given for the ca^tch of pilchards: (1) the fish apparently ap- 

 peared farther north than heretofore, and (2) Geiman trawlers in previous years gen- 

 erally went farther south to fish for herring. Ihe pilchards were well received at 

 Bremerhaven and sold at auction at the same price as the herring. 



Iceland 



FISH CATCH . UTILIZATION . AND Eg>0RTS . I95O ; Production : Fish production for 

 1950 in Iceland was slightly below that of I949, according to a February 23 report 

 from the American Legation at Reykjavik. The decline in total catch continues the 

 trend of the past few years, with I95O production 21 percent below that of I948 

 (table 1), The difference between the catch in the two years was approximately 

 equal to the decrease in herring. A detailed description of the fish catch by 

 species in I95O and I949 is included in table 2. 



THae 1950 catch of demersal fish would no doubt have exceeded that of I949, 

 if the nation's trawler fleet had not been tied up by a seamen's dispute which 



lasted from July 1 until early 

 November. ISie dispute prevented 

 the trawlers from delivering iced 

 fish to West Gennany during the 

 normally favorable period after 

 August 1. Other trawlers would 

 have delivered fish to local re- 

 duction plants for processing 

 into meal and oil, or to local 

 salting plants, if they had not 

 been laid up by the dispute. 



Table 1 - Icelandic Fish Production. 1948-50 



Year 



Demersal Fishl/ | Herring^/ | Total 



metric tons 



262,585 

 265,915 

 259.087 



60,441 



71,407 



150.122 



1950 

 1949 



1948 



1/Drawn fish; 1950 data includes 63,321 tons 

 of whole fish delivered to reducing plants. 

 2/Whole fish. 



323,027 

 337,322 

 409,208 



