. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 86 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol, 23, No. 3 Syria (Contd.): The cooperatives will be financed by short-term loans not exceeding one year, and long-term loans not exceeding 5 years, from credit facilities extended by the Agricultural Bank. Necessary investment for the fisheries cooperative program is estimated at about LS. 1,075,000 (US$300,270), and current de- velopment expenses amounting to ,000 (US$13,408). (United States Embassy in Damascus, December 3, 1960.) Turkey SHRIMP INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN TURKEY: Iskenderun is the center of
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 86 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol, 23, No. 3 Syria (Contd.): The cooperatives will be financed by short-term loans not exceeding one year, and long-term loans not exceeding 5 years, from credit facilities extended by the Agricultural Bank. Necessary investment for the fisheries cooperative program is estimated at about LS. 1,075,000 (US$300,270), and current de- velopment expenses amounting to ,000 (US$13,408). (United States Embassy in Damascus, December 3, 1960.) Turkey SHRIMP INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN TURKEY: Iskenderun is the center of the shrimp in- dustry for southern Turkey. The main shrimp grounds are located in the Gulf of Iskenderun and off the coast of Mersin-Karatas-Yumur- taluk. Exploration for shrimp in offshore waters has not been undertaken as equipment is not adequate, and knowledge is Shrimp vessels fish from mid-October until April. During winter, shrimp are in fairly good supply on the local market. In summer, the Government-run EBK-Meat and Fish Combine has some frozen shrimp available, in 2-kg. ( pound) packages. The only processing plant in the area is the freezing plant of EBK. Mechanization is limited; the shrimp are headed by hand, then frozen in cartons. Further processing is not contemplated. Estimated total annual shrimp landings for Iskenderun vary from 60 tons for a good year(1957), to40 tonsfor a bad year (1959). As of December 1960, there were 26 Diesel-powered boats averaging 30 ft. in Table 1 - Annual Average Export Prices for Heads-Off Shrimp Iskenderum, Turkey, 1958-60 1960 1959 1958 I Large 750-800 680-700 665-700 (US$ Per Metric Ton) I 600-650 I 1,100-1,200 500 800 length operating out of Iskenderun, and two from Mersin. These boats are designed for general trawling, and all but one (a 50-ft. steel trawler) was built locally. Local ves- sels are not equipped with freezing facilities. Future expansion of the fleet is not anticipated. Iskenderun fishing bo
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