. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 46 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 15, No. 12 British Trawlers' Federation. It was discussed by the White Fish Authority, the Min- istry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. As a result, the Admiralty agreed to lend specialist hydrographic per- sonnel together with technical equip- ment, on the assumption that a suit- able vessel will be made available and provided with the necessary depth-finding and position-finding equipment. For the survey, the Authority proposes to charter the^. T. Sletnes, a
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 46 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 15, No. 12 British Trawlers' Federation. It was discussed by the White Fish Authority, the Min- istry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. As a result, the Admiralty agreed to lend specialist hydrographic per- sonnel together with technical equip- ment, on the assumption that a suit- able vessel will be made available and provided with the necessary depth-finding and position-finding equipment. For the survey, the Authority proposes to charter the^. T. Sletnes, a Grimsby trawler. The vessel is a large modern trawler, 180 ft. long, and carries the necessary equipment. The first area to be explored by systematic lines of soundings will be the coastal shelf from the limit of territorial waters out to the 200-fathom line on the southwest coast of Greenland, from the longitude of Cape Farewell to the latitude of Cape Desolation. About one quarter of the cost will be provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and in addition there will be the specialist assistance given by Admiralty personnel. The rest of the cost will be borne by the Authority and by contributions from trawler 25,000 FISH RETAILERS IN GREAT BRITAIN DO YOU KNOW: That in 1950 there were 17,000 fried fish shops in Great Britain that did an annual business of L33 million (US$ million); 8,527 fishmongers and poulterers with sales of million (US$159 million), according to the Census of Distribution and Other Services, 1950, a British Government survey report on retail and service trades. No fewer than 4,399 greengrocers out of a total of 35,236 were listed as also selling fish. In the Greater London area inl950 there were 1,914 fishmonger establish- ments whose sales million(US$45. 6 million). These shops em- ployed 6,823 persons who received LI. 4 million (US$3. 9 million) in wages and salaries. The survey also revealed that part-time
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