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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1951Vol. XXI, No. 6

Fishing At Palmyra Is.

p. 95 · Read in the full issue

IET to sail for Palmyra Atoll, and al ) most unlimited fishing resources, is the vessel Sea Dragon, to be skip ped by Captain Harry Dodge for a mcern headed by Jacob E. Hoopai, re nted the Honolulu Advertiser recently.

Fishing rights have been leased from te Fullard-Leo family, of Honolulu, vners of Palmyra. But this first trip ill be largely for survey purposes, Mr. oopai said.

However, charters have been set up for rans-Air Hawaii to fly fish back from ilmyra for sale in markets here.

The Sea Dragon, at Pier 16, was :pected to begin the 960 nautical mile iyage in November.