. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 54 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 20, No. 6. International FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ATOMIC ENERGY AS POWER FOR FISfflNG VESSELS PREDICTED: A naval architect of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has predicted that fishing vessels powered by atomic energy will be in use "before many years have ; He also said that liie fishing boat of 1957 will possess many features which today are still in the idea stage. The FAO Naval architect is secretary of the Second World Fishing Boat Con- gress, which is scheduled
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 54 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 20, No. 6. International FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ATOMIC ENERGY AS POWER FOR FISfflNG VESSELS PREDICTED: A naval architect of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has predicted that fishing vessels powered by atomic energy will be in use "before many years have ; He also said that liie fishing boat of 1957 will possess many features which today are still in the idea stage. The FAO Naval architect is secretary of the Second World Fishing Boat Con- gress, which is scheduled to be held in Rome in April 1959. He is arranging for the scientific papers on investigations and research which will be presented at the Con- gress. It is expected that naval architects, boatbuilders and designers, marine en- gineers, boat owners, skippers and fishermen, as well as government representa- tives from all the leading fishing countries will attend. "Developments in fisheries are rapid these days," the Naval architect said, "When we had held our First International Fishing Boat Congress in 195 3, we had a paper on gas turbines for fishing boats and several papers about factoryship de- sign. Many participants thought we were too far ahead of practical possibilities, but today there are gas-turbine trawlers and dozens of huge factoryships operating, some in waters not before known to the fishing industry. "Today, all kinds of interesting possibilities come to mind. There are advances in stern trawling, the use of stabilizers, and progress in automation. Why, it may not be many years before big factoryships can be sent to sea with a skeleton crew and have the main working crew join them by supersonic airplanes when needed. "I venture to predict," he said, "that atomic-powered fishing vessels will be sailing the seas before many years have passed," The 1953 Congress concentrated on design and construction. According to FAO, next
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