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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 9 



South Africa (Contd.): 



were nevertheless made to the United States 

 and France; these were sold readily without 

 any price adjustment. 



The lobster industry was in the process of 

 accumulating sufficient stocks to permit the 

 continuation of regular monthly shipments 

 throughout the closed season, which this year 

 has been altered to cover the period June to 

 September. 



Canned Fish : In his report to the 21st an- 

 nual general meeting of the Fisheries De- 

 velopment Corporation Limited on March 16, 

 the chairman stated that the domestic con- 

 sumption of canned fish during the first nine 

 months of 1965 had increased 44 percent over 

 the same period in 1964. A total of 982,662 

 cases was sold in South Africa during the 

 nine months, which indicates an annual con- 

 sumption of over one million cases. Increased 

 consumption can be ascribed to the fact that 

 the incom.e of the urban Bantu worker has 

 risen and, whereas the prices of other protein 

 foods have increased, the price of canned fish 

 has remained stable. Efforts will be directed 

 towards the encouragement of local sales. 



Shrimp and Tuna : The Fisheries Devel- 

 opment Corporation Limited with the Divi- 

 sion of Sea Fisheries and aided by Cape Town 

 trawling concerns has, in the past financial 

 year, continued to investigate the location 

 and extent of shrimp grounds. The Natal 

 coast, the Western edge of the Agulhas Bank, 

 and the Northern area of the South West Af- 

 rican coast are, according to their reports, 

 definite breeding areas of these crustaceans. 



With regard to tuna fishing, however, the 

 Corporation's experiments have not borne 

 fruit. There has yet been no opportunity to 

 use the imported 'gill-net" which has proved 

 to be so successful off the Australian coast. 

 Nevertheless, supplies of fish bait were being 

 conserved for the pole -and -line fishing, which 

 promises to have most success locally. 



Other Developments : More than 20 con- 

 tracts totaling about US$4.5 million were 

 awarded during 1965 for the construction and 

 maintenance of fishing harbors, while the 

 value of the work completed during the peri- 

 od amounted to about $1.2 million. ( Barclays 

 Trade Review , Johannesburg, May 1966.) 



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FISHERY DEVELOPMENTS, APRIL 1966: 

 After a short holiday during the Easter 

 period, all processing factories were again 

 operating at full capacity during April. In- 

 dications were that the existing quotas for 

 pilchards in the case of Luderitz and Walvis 

 Bay, of 90,000 tons each, would be attained 

 by August; there was no indication that any 

 increase would be granted. 



Production and exports of fish meal and 

 other marine products through Luderitz dur- 

 ing March 1966 were: 



Product 



Quantity 



Value 





Lbs. 

 784,000 

 462, 220 



8,250 



US$ 

 38,580 

 863,475 

 9,200 



Spiny lobster tails, frozen 



Spiny lobster, canned 



( Barclays Trade Review , Johannesburg, May 



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Taiwan 



FISH CULTURE 

 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: 



The Rockefeller Foundation has approved 

 a grant of US$150,000 to finance a 2-year 

 fish culture development program in Taiwan. 

 Implementation of the project will start July 

 1, 1966. The project will be executed by the 

 Taiwan Fish Culture Research Institute and 

 will cover a brackish-water fish culture 

 study, particularly for milkfish and shrimp. 

 Research on oyster culture and development 

 of techniques for mass culture of phyto- 

 plankton for food in fish and shellfish culture 

 programs will also be made. ( Taiwan Indus- 

 trial Panorama , May 31, 1966.) 



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FISHERY DEVELOPMENT PLANS: 



The Government of the Republic of China 

 is developing plans to expand the country's 

 commercial fisheries, according to the Tai- 

 wan Fisheries Bureau. Among the plans are 

 the following fishing operations: stern-trawl- 

 ing in the Atlantic and Southwest Pacific 

 Oceans; shrimp trawling along the northeast 

 coast of South America; and tuna long-lining 

 in the Indian Ocean. 



