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CCMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVISW 



Vol. 13, No. 7 



Cuba 



FISHING AGB'^^'^'^ISM' IT^GOTIATIOHS SU3E3Ig)ED WITH MEXCCO : The Cuban GoTermuent 

 has dropped negotiations for a fishing agreement with ^fexioo, according to June 11 

 Habana press items reported 



in a June 25 dispatch from i ^. 



the American Embassy at Ha- 

 bana. Cuban Government of- 

 ficials are now encouraging 

 their fishermen to fish ex- 

 perimentally off the coast 

 of the Bahamas or the adja- 

 cent keys. Cuba will now 

 attempt to negotiate a com- 

 mercial agreement with Mex- 

 ico omitting fisheries. 



The Cuban gunboat 

 Yar a , j/ converted into a 

 research vessel in 1949, 

 a coast-guard boat, and 



two commercial fishing vessels (the Conpetidor and the Parapar ) will make up an ex- 

 ploratory expedition for work in the Bahamas. 



jySEE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW . MAY 1950, P. 58. 



CUBAN RESEARCH VESSEL YARA CONVERTED IN 1949. 



Denmark 



DAITISH FISHSRIvIEN TO FISH (FF MOROCCO : A Danish fi^ exporter who has spent 

 three montiis exploring the fishery possibilities off the Moroccan coast with his 

 vessel Hav^rnen has recently returned to Denmark, according to Dansk Flskeritidende . 

 a Danish periodical. He states that a good deal of experience has been gained and 

 that in the fall a group of 20 Danish cutters will be sent to Morocco to fish for 

 sardines with mid-water trawls, 



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DANISH" ICELANDIC TRADE AGHSSMMT SIGKED ; A- protocol covering Danish-Icelandic 

 trade during the period March 15, 1951-March I4, 1952,was recently signed in Reyk- 

 javik, according to an American Embassy May 17 report from Copenhagen, While this 

 agreement does not provide for any definite total value of goods to be exchanged, 

 it indicates the framework within which trade between the two countries is to be 

 conducted during the specified period, Iceland's principal export items under this 

 agreement consist of fishery products, while Denmark supplies agricultural and man- 

 ufactured products. 



Under the terms of this new exchange of goods, the following items are of par- 

 ticular interest: 



1. THE DANISH GOVERNMENT WILL PERMIT ENTRY OF ICELANDIC EXPORTS OF: 



A. 20,000 BBLS. OF SALTED HERRING (INCLUDING 



SPICED AND SUGAR-SALTED HERRING). 



B. 500 METRIC TONS OF OTHER SALTED FISH. 



C. CANNED FISH PRODUCTS VALUED AT 200,000 



DANISH KRONER (abOUT US$29,000). 



