October 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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fishery operations into areas distant from her 

 coast. Her intial fishing bases will be the 

 ports of her southern provinces adjacent to 

 the South China Sea. ( Nihon Keizai Shimbun .) 



To train a crew for the longliners and oth- 

 ers that may be built, the Chinese sent 6 fish- 

 ery experts to Japan in July for two months 

 of technical training in handling tuna vessels 

 and equipment. 



Republic of Korea 



FIRST VESSEL SURVEYS NORTH PACIFIC 



The 389 -ton training vessel Paik Kyung 

 Ho of the Pusan Fisheries College recently 

 completed a 3 -month exploratory cruise of 

 the North Pacific, the first ever carried out 

 by that nation. The vessel was sent because 

 of: (1) intensive competition on the fishing 

 grounds off South Korea; (2) numerous inter- 

 national restrictions in the East China Sea; 

 (3) a declining catch trend in the South Pa- 

 cific tuna grounds where about 100 tuna ves- 

 sels are operating. 



The vessel was reported to be seeking 

 such species as salmon, flatfish, and Alaska 

 pollock. The crew consisted of 10 scientists 

 and 34 trainees. 



Taiwan 



TUNA FLEET EXPANDS 



The Government of Taiwan is making 

 available this year about US$1.7 million to 

 help finance the development of the tuna in- 

 dustry. The loan is paying for purchases 

 from Japan of used tuna fishing vessels with 

 a combined gross tonnage of 5,000 tons. Bor- 

 rowers must construct one new tuna vessel 

 in Taiwan for every three used vessels they 

 buy from Japan. 



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SELLS INDIAN OCEAN ALBACORE 

 IN SOUTH AFRICA 



Most of the 16 tuna long -line vessels built 

 by Taiwan under funds provided by the World 



Bank are operating in the Indian Ocean. Some 

 of them were reported to have landed their 

 albacore catches at Cape Town, South Africa -- 

 for ex -vessel US$355 a short ton for shipment 

 to Puerto Rico. (Note: Freight from Cape 

 Town to Puerto Rico is $85 a ton.) This price 

 is equivalent to ex -vessel $385 a short ton, 

 delivered Las Palmas, or about $10-15 a ton 

 lower than the price of Japanese -caught alba- 

 core landed at Las Palmas. ( Suisan Tsushin . ) 



Thailand 



SOUTHEAST ASIAN RESEARCH CENTER 

 TO BE SET UP 



At the Southeast Asian Ministers Confer- 

 ence held in Tokyo earlier this year, Thai- 

 land proposed creation of a Fishery Develop- 

 ment Research Center in Thailand to train 

 fishery specialists to develop the fishing in- 

 dustries of southeast Asian countries. Thai- 

 land would provide the land and buildings; 

 Japan the research equipment, a 500 -ton 

 fishing vessel, and 5 to 6 researchers; and 

 all participating countries would share oper- 

 ating costs. 



To promote the center, Japan dispatched 

 a preliminary survey group in September to 

 the Philippines, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, 

 Indonesia, and Malaysia to observe fishing 

 conditions. Japan plans to budget about 400 

 million yen (US$1.1 million) for the program. 

 (Nihon Suisan Shimbun.) 



AFRICA 



Kenya 



FISHING INDUSTRY EXPANDS 



The Minister for Tourism and Wildlife 

 signed an agreement in midyear establishing 

 the Kenya Inshore Fisheries Limited. The 

 new company is jointly financed by a British 

 fishing company, the Kenya Government, and 

 local business interests. The Government 

 intends to transfer its shares to a fisher- 

 men's cooperative --which it hopes will evolve. 

 The Assistant Minister for Health will be 

 company chairman. 



