Japs' 4-Years Pacific
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They’re Coming South!
Fishing Plan
JAP fishing boats are likely t( seen soon in increased num in Polynesian waters. A Ja Fisheries Board report confirms suggestion that recent increased fishing activity south of the ] has been caused, at least in part atomic pollution of the form valuable Marshall Islands fisl area.
The Board has asked the Diet a first year’s appropriation £A457,000 to cover cost of an in sive four-years survey of S« Pacific waters. The 1955 operat will centre round Tahiti, cove waters from 10 to 20 degrees Sc and 140 to 170 degrees West —w includes most of French Oce£ the Cooks, Niue and the border Eastern Samoa. Presumably t areas can expect incidents sin to those that have recently ts place in Western Pacific waten Uninhabited atolls and isla like Suwarrow with its sheltered chorage, should be worth watc under this interesting Survey P