. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1949 G0MM3RCIAL FISHERIES REVI3W 5V Germany is also expected this year to enter the market vdth substantial purchases. This has resulted in preparations for the season by a much larger number of sponge- fishing boats<, Furthermore, at least one export firm has decided this year to ad- vance funds to a number of sponge-fishing boat captains to help them better to equip themselves for the coming season. Consequently, it is expected that this year's crop will reach and may even exceed 40 metric tons. &S%«si!tse!^l LaH8ERT'S BAT
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1949 G0MM3RCIAL FISHERIES REVI3W 5V Germany is also expected this year to enter the market vdth substantial purchases. This has resulted in preparations for the season by a much larger number of sponge- fishing boats<, Furthermore, at least one export firm has decided this year to ad- vance funds to a number of sponge-fishing boat captains to help them better to equip themselves for the coming season. Consequently, it is expected that this year's crop will reach and may even exceed 40 metric tons. &S%«si!tse!^l LaH8ERT'S BAT \ UNION _4 C^SflLDA ^HA BAY ;fRFONTElN ^ SOUTH ^HflNHA BAY ^APETOWN ^ ^-^y~''^ HHI •Jtable bay SOUTH AFRICAN COAST WHERE A CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION OF THE FISHERIES HAS TAKEN PLACE DUR- ING THE PAST THREE YEARS. Union of South Africa BUILDS PRIVATE FISHING HARBCR AKD PLANTS; South Africa's first private fishing harbor has been under construction since November last year at Yzerfontein, between Cape Town and Saldanha Bay, 15 miles from Darling, and will be finished by December 1949. It vdll be used as a base for pilchard and tuna fish- eries , to supply a canning plant and fish reduction plant (daily capacity of 96,000 pounds), according to the British periodical, The Fishing News, of Au- gust 13, 1949o The project (to cost approximately $1,200,000) is based on American experience, and the company will use California-type boats and purse-seine methods. The reduction and canning plant will be in full pro- duction in 1950, while a 15-ton-an-hour shark liver factory is already in operationo (g^aycTCA. YZERFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE A PRIVATE FISHING HARBOR AND NEW FISH MEAL, OIL, AND CANNING PLANT IS NOW BEING ERECTED. A SHARK LIVER OIL PLANT IS NOW IN OPERnTION AT THIS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the
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