. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 34 Venezuela (Contd.): Landings of trawlers working in the Gulf through July were a third of the 1965 take; the catch of fishermen on Lake Maracaibo was no more than a fourth of record produc- tion. Catches failed to cover trip costs of the trawlers through July. Fishing improved in August and held at break-even level or better through October. The price of shrimp increased steadily as plants competed for the small supply. The retaU. price in Caracas climbed to 8 Boli- kAin C ACT varesakilogram,heads-on (US$ apound). •VHU CAOl ting smal
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 34 Venezuela (Contd.): Landings of trawlers working in the Gulf through July were a third of the 1965 take; the catch of fishermen on Lake Maracaibo was no more than a fourth of record produc- tion. Catches failed to cover trip costs of the trawlers through July. Fishing improved in August and held at break-even level or better through October. The price of shrimp increased steadily as plants competed for the small supply. The retaU. price in Caracas climbed to 8 Boli- kAin C ACT varesakilogram,heads-on (US$ apound). •VHU CAOl ting small trawlers, up to 15 meters, to work the area between 4 to 8 miles of the coastline. The first 4 miles from shoreline will continue to be reserved for net fishermen. The trawl- er fishermen long have contended that the off- limit line forced trawlers too far out for ef- fective fishing or even safe navigation (most boats do not have communication equipment). (U. S. Embassy, Caracas, Nov. 9, 1966.) Principal processing plants remained open through 1966, but production was small. In early November 1966, several were process- ing sea bobs. Several marginal plants closed but may be expected to reopen when shrimp are plentiful again. The impact was most severe on the thousands of coastal families of the Maracaibo area whose livelihood de- pends on the industry. Plant operators are optimistic that the scarcity of white shrimp is a cyclic phenom- enon experienced by other countries. Sever- al plants are proceeding with plans to estab- lish their own trawler fleet. Thirteen ves- sels joined the Punto Fijo trawler fleet since January 1966. Technicians feel confident that the disappearance of the whites was not due to overfishing, though 1965 was a record year. The tagging program designed to es- tablish the migration pattern of the Lake shrimp is underway. Government Acts Israel MULLET SPAWNED IN CAPTIVITY An Israeli scientist under contract to BCF, through the Foreign Currency Resear
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