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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 9 



Ghana (Contd.): 



chored at Tema since these crews were re- 

 patriated following the coup. The additional 

 Spanish technicians will join an advance par- 

 ty of 12 other fishing experts from Spain al- 

 ready in Tema under a contract with the Ghana 

 Government. (United States Embassy, Accra, 

 June 9 and July 9, 1966.) 



Guinea 



SOVIET FISHERY AID: 



The first 4 of 10 fishing vessels under a 

 Soviet -Guinean agreement on Technical Co- 

 operation for the Development of the Guinean 

 Marine Fisheries were delivered in May 1966. 

 At the acceptance ceremonies in the port of 

 Conakry, the Soviet Ambassador Voronin 

 stated that the vessels are now part of the 

 Guinean fishing fleet. The Minister of Agri- 

 culture of Guinea in reply stressed the Soviet 

 aidtoGuinea. Thevessels, reportedly seiners, 

 will carry Soviet crews who will train replace- 

 ments from among Guinean apprentices. 

 (Tass International, May 19 & 21, 1966.) 



Iceland 



HYDRAULIC REEL FOR 

 LINE FISHING DEVELOPED: 



An Icelandic inventor has developed a long- 

 line hydraulic reel called Linomat (trade- 

 mark). He wishes to arrange production 

 rights with a United States firm for markets 

 other than Europe. 



The inventor describes Linomat as follows : 

 Weight 45 pounds, size 9j x 12^ inches. The 

 reel mounts on a vessel railing and is driven 

 by sea water which is pumped through a pipe 

 installed along the gunwale. Several reels 

 can be installed side by side and each is con- 

 nected to the pipe by use of j-inch rubber 

 hose. Reels can easily be removed from rail 

 mounts. The reel works semi -automatically 

 and is controlled by one lever. Feeding 

 mechanism insures even winding of the line 

 on the reel. (U.S. Embassy, Reykjavik, June 

 16, 1966.) 



Note: For additional iufonnation write to Jon Thordarson, Skip- 

 holti 51, Reykjavik, Iceland. 



Ivory Coast 



FISHERIES, JAN. -JUNE 1966: 



Although the Ivory Coast fisheries con- 

 tinued to progress during the first half of 

 1966, landings by the 70 -vessel industrial 

 fleet at Abidjan leveled off somewhat. For 

 the period July-December 1965, landings to- 

 taled 22,615 metric tons, bringing the year's 

 production to 44,599 tons, an increase of 14.6 

 percent over the year 1964. Landings by this 

 fleet for the first six months of 1966 have 

 been 20,241 tons, or some 8 percent less than 

 for the same period of 1965. It seems likely, 

 therefore, that this year will see about the 

 same commercial fish production as in 1965. 



Construction of the second quay, of 430 

 meters in length (for which EEC financing 

 has already been assured), should begin by 

 the end of 1966 at the new fishing port in Ab- 

 idjan. Plans and specifications for the new 

 3,000-ton storage capacity fish-freezing plant, 

 long delayed for various reasons, are under 

 study by an American consulting engineer. 

 The U. S. Agency for International Develop- 

 ment has received a request from the Ivory 

 Coast Government for a feasibility study for 

 a proposed "tuna complex," involving a fleet 

 of Abidjan-based tuna clippers, a tuna can- 

 nery, a byproducts operation, and a can-mak- 

 ing plant. If feasibility is established, the 

 project could result in a substantial oppor- 

 tunity for U. S. machinery and equipment 

 such as fishing vessels, nets, fishing equip- 

 ment, canning machinery, processing machin- 

 ery, and other supplies. (Fisheries Attache, 

 United States Embassy, Abidjan, July 12, 1966.) 



Japan 



FROZEN TUNA EXPORT 

 PRICE TRENDS, APRIL 1966: 



Japanese trade sources reported that fro- 

 zen round albacore contracted for export sale 

 to the United States in April 1966 averaged 

 $480 a short ton f.o.b. as compared to $380 

 a ton in April 1965. Yellowfin tuna (gilled- 

 and -gutted) were sold at an average price of 

 $487 a short ton f.o.b. as compared to $310 

 a ton a year earlier. 



Beginning in mid-April, export sales had 

 fallen off sharply and Japanese industry cir- 

 cles interpreted the slow-down in buying ac- 

 tivity by American buyers as due in part to 



