NG Fish Resources
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[R- H. Van Pel, Fisheries Officer L of the South Pacific Com mission, made a ten-days sur , in late February, of certain ects of fisheries potential in >ua and New Guinea waters. •is report to the Administrator, jadier D. M. Cleland, will cover recommendations as regards: (1) hods of preserving fish locally: the economic prospects of the stal swamp areas adjacent to t Moresby; (3) oyster culture spects in the same area; and, culture in the High tiroughout his survey, Mr. Van who is one of the most energetic popular officers of the SPC, was impanied by Mr. W. R. Reed, inical Officer of the Adminis ion Fisheries Division, irly in February, Mr. Van Pel engaged on similar work in the sh Solomon Islands Protectorate, uch study has been made of the ements of migratory fish, but pace that Mr. Van Pel maintains covering his Pacific fisheries nment is a study in itself.