u 



grounds seem to be off the harbors of Bir iU-ig, Muicalla^ 

 Shucirag Al Hisig and the Mahra ^oasto 



'^^iahermen and Employment 



Because ther© is no orgaiiizod fishing industry it is 

 virtually impossible to determine the number of f isherxaen 

 plying their trader The ¥;a^es they receive depends upon 

 the amount of fish they catch and personally market^ for 

 most businesses are small indi¥idually ovmed and operated 

 enterprises g operating upon the mere subsistence le\^elo 

 They may labor from sun^^up until sundown^ and their regard 

 is predicated upon their individual abilities and lucko 



^ hovmvov^ some small diiows which will carry a 



cxv i^iit to ten men§ but there has been no tabulations 



comp^.^ xn this area of wages ^ mmhers of v^orkers^ or work- 

 ir.v'^ ecn^"? tions^ tor^ \<ith the exceptions of the fev^ shipments 

 tc md Geylong tMs is primitive enterprise c 



■::3S3els 



;.ie fringe of the coastal wators are mainly exploited 

 • ive one-to-five man canoesj, of twelve to twenty-five 

 length o Some of the larger canoes may reach thirty^ 

 . . „o3t overalls with a crev^ of eicht or nine ueno Kext 

 i.. sizs» after the larger » planKcd canoe , is the small dhow;, 

 vviiich may have a complement of twelve fishermen j but these 

 are relatively fev* in number c There are no native-owned 

 Dovvercd fishing craffo Recently the British Government has 

 based in Aden a small power craft capable of carrying ice in 

 its forward hatch^ for experimental and research projects 

 under the direction of the recently appointed iiden Government 

 Fisheries Officer « But at the present time these are in- 

 sufficient harbor facilities » such as docking, loading, and 

 icing services » to have v/arranted po%ver and refrigerated 

 craft along the southern Arabian coasts 



Species of Fish ^H/m^tiKUmmm^gg/g^''*^^^ 



Little is known about"the many'dTf f erent classes of 

 fish caught just off-shore ^ and the local names of one clasa 

 of *'i3h f'!ay be different in the several areas « There appear 

 to be at least tv^o species of sardine; the kin?, fish (believed 

 to be the scomberomo' ^ ris ) ; andp besides several species of 

 shark, species of mackerels snappers, rock fish, and three 

 species of tuna - one identified as the bluefin . The dominaitt 

 specie of sardine seems to be the dussumerla ; the small mack- 

 erel is probably scomber microlepidotus ; and the snapper has 

 been identified as epiniphelus tauvina ^ 



■ < winter season is found the best fishings, and 

 -. ■ the sardines becoxie very nunierous along the 



cos St euv. . .vuen. At the height of the season sardines are 

 so plentiful in the eastern coastal villages that they can be 

 purchased at thirty for a penny. Tuna, much larf^or, may be 



purchased 



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