. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 50 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 16, No. 12 The lobster pots used by the vessel are beehive in shape. They have bottom frames of metal rod and walls of alternating rod and cane. The bottom frames are attached to the rest of the trap by split links, so that they can easily be taken off, making it possible to carry the pots nested one on top of the other. The Norab can easily carry 50 pots and could take 100 pots. Half the bottom frame is hinged so that the catch can fall out, like fish out of the cod end of a net, making it unneces- sary
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 50 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 16, No. 12 The lobster pots used by the vessel are beehive in shape. They have bottom frames of metal rod and walls of alternating rod and cane. The bottom frames are attached to the rest of the trap by split links, so that they can easily be taken off, making it possible to carry the pots nested one on top of the other. The Norab can easily carry 50 pots and could take 100 pots. Half the bottom frame is hinged so that the catch can fall out, like fish out of the cod end of a net, making it unneces- sary to remove the lobsters by hand. The spiny lobsters will be landed on the bridge deck and then travel down a chute to the main deck where they will be detailed and deveined, placed in wire baskets, and transferred to the grading room. This room has walls, as well as sinks, of stainless steel and running water. The quick-freezing room and the refrig- erated storage are below the grading room. The Norab carries a crew of 10, ex- cluding the master. Six of them (other than the four officers) have accommoda- tions forward. The galley, which looks like a modern domestic kitchen, has a slow combustion stove. The Norab is powered by a 300 hp. Diesel engine and has two auxiliary Diesel engines of 30 hp. and 25 hp., respectively. It is equipped with an echo- sounder, with a range of 60 fathoms, and radio; and its fuel tanks allow a range of 5,000 miles Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) The cruising speed is 11 ***** SHORE-BASED WHAL^^^Q SEASON--CORR,ECTION: In the September 1954 issue of Commercial"Fisheries Review) page 55, an error was made in referring to "operations at the Norwegian-financed station on the north coast of ; The reference is to a whaling company operating at Point Cloates, Western Australia. This company is not Norwegian-financed, but is an Australian public company fin- anced by Australian capital. The company operated during the
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