April 1951 COMffiRCIAL FiaiEHIES HEVIEW 65 



Sweden 



ONS-BOAT FLOATING TRAWL: In Marcli or April this year, a floating trawl, re- 

 q^uiring only one boat, will be tested off Bomholm, Sweden, on bottom so rough that 

 the usual trawl cannot be used effectively. Uie Swedish inventor, Karl-Hugo Larsson 

 of Stockholm, calls his new gear the "phantom trawl," according to the February I4 

 issue of Fiskaren . a Norwegian fishery periodical. No details on the construction 

 or operation of the gear were given. 



United Kingdom 



HERRINa on. AND UML PRODUCTION . I95O ; Herring oil production in the United 

 Kingdom in I95O was 3,1^44 long tons— an increase of 50.8 percent over the 2,085 

 long tons produced in I949, according to the British Herring Industry Board. Of 

 the total output in I95O, 2,926 tons were sold for first-grade edible purposes 

 and 218 tons of lovrer-grade quality were sold for manufacturing purposes, a March c 

 American Smbassy dispatch from London states. 



Production of herring meal for animal feed totaled 6,284 tons in I95O, com- 

 pared with 4,150 tons in I949. 



The amount of herring diverted for processing into oil and meal in I95O in- 

 creased to 36,509 tons, compared with 23,269 tons in 1949. The Board reports that 

 the herring fishing in I95O was not as productive as had been expected, the land- 

 ings being some 24,500 tons less than in I949. Domestic and export demand were, 

 however, on a generally lower level than in I949, with the result that substanti- 

 ally greater quantities of herring became available for reduction to meal and oil. 



In describing its expansion program, the Board states that early last year 

 the Board had hoped to begin construction of a second plant. This project has, 

 however, been somewhat delayed and it will not be possible to put the plant into 

 operation until about the beginning of April of this year. Work on the third 

 factory has beg\in, and this plant should be ready for the autumn fishing season 

 this year. The approved program envisages the construction of three factories 

 in addition to those here mentioned. The provision of these factories should 

 raise the production potential by the end of I95I to about 15,000 tons a year 

 of oil and 10,000 to 12,000 tons of meal. Additional apparatus for the full re- 

 covery of meal (say 25,000 to 30,000 tons) is to be installed between 1952 and 

 1954. 



Venezuela 



FISHERY PRODUCIS DaPORT DUTIES INCREASED ; In order to provide additional 

 protection to the national fish-canning industry, Venezuelan import duties on fish- 

 ery products were substantially increased effective March 1, I95I, according to an 

 American Embassy dispatch from Caracas (see table). Excepted, however, were canned 

 salmon and sardines from the United States. 



Under the existing United States-Venezuelan trade agreement, canned salmon 

 under item No. 3(d) produced in the United States is dutiable at the rate of O.9O 



