. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1953 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 35 The bidder stated his intention, in accordance with the draft contract, to train Samoans in fishing skills and to make available to the Samoans all the employment in the cannery to the extent they can be taught the necessary skills. The bidder was a California fish cannery. If the bid is accepted, it will go into effect on January 1, 1954. The Department reserved the right to reject any and all bids. note: also see COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW, JUNE 1953, PP. 30-31. Huge Halibut Presented to Presid
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1953 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 35 The bidder stated his intention, in accordance with the draft contract, to train Samoans in fishing skills and to make available to the Samoans all the employment in the cannery to the extent they can be taught the necessary skills. The bidder was a California fish cannery. If the bid is accepted, it will go into effect on January 1, 1954. The Department reserved the right to reject any and all bids. note: also see COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW, JUNE 1953, PP. 30-31. Huge Halibut Presented to President One State o of the largest halibut ever caught off the coast of the f Washington was presented to the nation's First Family on October 1 by the nation's fishing industry. Preside nt Eisenhower accepted the huge 200-pound fish from Repre- sentative Thor C. Tollefson, chairman of the Fisheries Subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine and Fish- eries Committee and Robert M. Meehan who represented the National Fisheries Insti- tute. Tollefson is a Repub- lican Representative from Washington, where fishing is the second largest indus- try . The donors brought the seven-foot halibut to the White House in a truck. Strung up on a block- and-tackle, the fish was in full view for President Eisenhower's in- spection. The halibut was caught by commercial fishermen. As soon as they saw the size of their catch, they said: "That's for ; The fish was turned over to a Seattle dealer who froze and shipped the halibut to Washington, D. WITH PRESIDENT EISENHOWER (ON THE RIGHT) ARE L. TO R. REP. THOR C. TOLLEFSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE MERCHANT MA- RINE AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE, AND ROBERT M. MEEHAN WHO REPRESENTED THE NATIONAL FISHERIES INTITUTE. A recipe for broiling hal- ibut steaks--a special one prepared by the National Fisheries In st it ut e - - wa s given the President by Tol- Please note that these images are extracted from scann
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