July 1951 



COmERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



45 



BXPERD.iEN'IS ON USE OF DRY- 



Norway 



AND BRINE-FROZEN HERRING AS BAIT: 



Further tests bv 



the Nomtfegian Fisheries Research Laboratory have confirmed earlier experiments on 

 the use of frozen herring for bait.i/ Herring frozen dry, as compared with similar 

 herring frozen in brine, demonstrated a much greater ability to catch fish. The 

 tests were carried out in a number of fishing areas under actual fishing conditions. 

 Dry-frozen herring treated with ascorbic acid gave the same results as untreated 

 herring, according to a report is sued by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. 



i/SEE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW , JANUARY 1950, P. 51. 



FACTORY SHIP TO Fiai OFF MOROCCO ; A Norwegian fishing expedition consisting 

 of four trawlers and the floating herring-meal factory ship, Clupea . was scheduled 

 to go to the sardine fishing grounds off Morocco in mid-June, a June 5 American 

 Embassy dispatch from Oslo states. Ih& expedition will last from three to four 

 months, and it is the first of its kind sent from Norway. If successful, it will 

 pave the way for other expeditions using a factory vessel as a base of operations. 



SEALING SEASON . I95I : The I95I Norwegian sealing season recently ended with 

 a catch of 142,000 animals, 22,800 more than last year. The Arctic Ocean catch 

 amoiinted to 70,000 animals and 1,400 tons of blubber, 23,000 more animals and 5OO 

 tons more blubber than last year. The Newfoundland and vicinity catch amounted to 

 72,500 animals, 200 less than in I95O. 



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ITALIAN-NORWEmAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE AGREEMENT CONCLUDED ; A commodity exchange 

 trade agreement was signed in Rome by Norway and Italy, the American Embassy at 

 Oslo stated in a May 23 dispatch. The agreement replaced the trade agreement con- 

 cluded between these two countries in No:?^mber 1949. The new agreement, which went 

 into effect on the date of signature (iViarch 30, I95I ) , is retroactive to January 1, 

 1951, and will terminate on December 3I, I95I. This commodity exchange regxilation 

 between the two countries, within the scope of the Office of European Economic Co- 

 operation (OEEC), attempts to liberalize Norwegian-Italian trade to the greatest 

 possible extent, 



Norwegian imports of Italian goods will consist primarily of agricultural and 

 finished goods, while Italian imports from Norway will include fishery products (see 

 table ) 



Reciprocity transactions will from now on not be allowed on this new agreement. 

 Reciprocity transactions wnich, prior to the signing of this agreement, have been 



