Another Us Plan
p. 113 · Read in the full issue
For Tuna
May Be Based on Noumea
IF current negotiations are suc cessful, the South Pacific may be seeing another American- Japanese tuna fishing partnership —this time based on Noumea.
In mid-February, Mr. John Gizdavich, of the Columbia River Packers’ Association, Astoria, Oregon, USA, passed through Sydney after visiting Noumea. He jaid his organ isation was investigating the pos sibility of purchasing tuna from Japanese vessels operating- in the New Caledoni a-New Hebrides- Loyalties area.
The plan envisages an American refrigeration vessel stationed at Noumea. Fhh landed aboard that ship would technically be American produced, and thus would be free of the embargoes applying to foreign fish imported into the United States, The intention appears to
be either to can the fish aboard this vessel, or to ship the produce as refrigerated cargo, Mr. Gizdavich emphasised that the whole scheme is at present merely under investigation. Even if the necessary arrangements can be made in Noumea it probably would be some time before operations could be commenced.