. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. February 1961 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 51' India (Contd.): Table 1 - India's Exports of Shrimp, 1959-60 Country of Destination 1960 1959 Quantity Value Quantity Value Burma Ceylon Hong Kong . . Mauritius .... Singapore . . IJnite<i|States . Otheis^ . . 1,000 Lbs. 4,020 378 243 44 218 1,610 150 US$ 989,500 79,234 65,420 17,054 63,950 685,674 59,228 1,000 Lbs. 3,688 3,976 923 167 426 2,235 184 US$ 902, 276 782,741 237,820 59,195 121,705 981, 805 83,418 1/Includes data for 27 areas. Note: Values converted at rate of one rupee e
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. February 1961 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 51' India (Contd.): Table 1 - India's Exports of Shrimp, 1959-60 Country of Destination 1960 1959 Quantity Value Quantity Value Burma Ceylon Hong Kong . . Mauritius .... Singapore . . IJnite<i|States . Otheis^ . . 1,000 Lbs. 4,020 378 243 44 218 1,610 150 US$ 989,500 79,234 65,420 17,054 63,950 685,674 59,228 1,000 Lbs. 3,688 3,976 923 167 426 2,235 184 US$ 902, 276 782,741 237,820 59,195 121,705 981, 805 83,418 1/Includes data for 27 areas. Note: Values converted at rate of one rupee equals US$ to finance research projects connected with the shrimp fish' eries. At present the Government is considering a proposal to eliminate tiie tax. Shrimp exports are not subsidized, but the Government assists in the establishment of facilities for catching and preparing shrimp for export in several ways, such as through facilitating issuance of licenses for imports of packaging materials and extending loans to new compa- nies. Further measures, including a subsidy on tinplate and remission of the duty on imported packaging materials, are under consideration. Little useful information is available on wage rates for processing plants. However, it has been reported that wage rates in Madras State for peeling, deveining, and brining av- erage between Rs. and Rs. 3 ($$) a day, paid daily in cash. No comparable data are available for wage rates in freezing plants. Fishermen typically either sell their catch to middlemen daily or, apparently in fewer cases, make arrangements be- fore the season begins for delivering their entire season's catch to a middleman at a predetermined price. In Madras State, the average daily income of a fisherman varies widely (depending on the catch), or about Rs. and Rs. 10 ($ $). The Indian Government expects to conduct a compre- hensive survey of the income of fishermen which, however, will not be completed before 196
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