. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 195 3 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 47. FOREIGN rfMrflfiri-ffi fe£S£ International UNITED NATIONS KOREAN RECONSTRUCTION AGENCY (UNKRA) FISHING VESSELS SOUGHT: A total of 29 fishing vessels for the Republic of Korea were sought by UNKRA late this summer from shipbuilders and vessel owners in mem- ber countries, according to the Director of that Agency. The closing date for the bids was September 30, 1953. The vessels sought were to be either new or used and of the following types: Fourteen 75-ton wooden trawlers Ten 30-ton purse seiner


. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 195 3 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 47. FOREIGN rfMrflfiri-ffi fe£S£ International UNITED NATIONS KOREAN RECONSTRUCTION AGENCY (UNKRA) FISHING VESSELS SOUGHT: A total of 29 fishing vessels for the Republic of Korea were sought by UNKRA late this summer from shipbuilders and vessel owners in mem- ber countries, according to the Director of that Agency. The closing date for the bids was September 30, 1953. The vessels sought were to be either new or used and of the following types: Fourteen 75-ton wooden trawlers Ten 30-ton purse seiners Five 50-ton fish carriers Bids were received from several of the United Nations countries which indicated wide variations in price and delivery. UNKRA later requested quotations from ship- building industries of interested countries, together with definite plans and specifica- tions of their standard construction vessels to confirm in general with the size and type of boat indicated in the original specifications. The general requirements for the wooden trawlers were: tons, powered with slow-turning four-cycle Diesel engines. within 80 to 100 gross T^ Jfi ^ ^ ?fi ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVES KOREAN REHABILITATION PROGRAM: The five-nation Advisory Committee to the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) on August 26 approved the Agency's $130, 000, 000 program of long-range re- habilitation of Korea for the year ending June 30, 1954. The Committee is composed of Canada, India, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay. The '54 program, which is essentially an extension of the $70, 000, 000 program undertaken by UNKRA last fiscal year, will emphasize capital investment projects designed to provide the bone and sinew of a viable Korean economy. In the reconstruction and rehabilitation categories the major expenditures include $18, 000, 000 for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. In the fields of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, substantial sums will


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