. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. January 1961 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 65 Finland (Contd.): Mechanization of fishing vessels has con- tinued and there now are about 85 large trawl- ers engaged in coastal and Baltic Sea fishing, some 100 small trawlers in coastal archipela- goes, and a few in inland lakes. They have largely been purchased second hand from Sweden and Denmark due to lack of funds for new equipment. There is some interest in increasing the number of large trawlers and extending fishing to the southern parts of the Baltic Sea. The problem of disposal of the
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. January 1961 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 65 Finland (Contd.): Mechanization of fishing vessels has con- tinued and there now are about 85 large trawl- ers engaged in coastal and Baltic Sea fishing, some 100 small trawlers in coastal archipela- goes, and a few in inland lakes. They have largely been purchased second hand from Sweden and Denmark due to lack of funds for new equipment. There is some interest in increasing the number of large trawlers and extending fishing to the southern parts of the Baltic Sea. The problem of disposal of the surplus of lean Baltic herring (spring-catch) has now been eased somewhat by the instal- lation of freezing equipment on some 30 mink farms. The fur-animal industry consumes about 8,000 tons of Baltic herring yearly. Under a special fishing agreement signed on February 21, 1959, with the Soviet Union, Finnish fishermen near the new Finnish Rus- sian border on the Gulf of Finland are per- mitted to carry on fishing in a small area of their former coastal fishing waters in the territory ceded in 1944. Winter fishing by 42 fishermen in February-April 1960 gave a catch valued at Fmk 6 million (US$18,738) and considerably eased the local employment situation. Summer fishing in July 1 -October 31 by 15 fishermen yielded a poor catch. A boat shed and life-saving equipment, includ- ing one motorboat and two rowboats, have been fitted by the Finnish fishermen on the main island in the permitted fishing area, the United States Embassy in Helsinki re- ported on November 4, 1960. German Federal Republic FISHING FLEET LOOKS FOR NEW FISHING GROUNDS: While Norwegian fishermen prepare for an experimental fishery off West Africa with the assistance of the research vessel Johan Hjort, West German fishermen have similar plans for fishing off the coasts of Central America and West Africa. The question of sending a number of large trawlers and stern trawlers to those waters is being explored at thi
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