Fresh Fish Supply
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From About
125 Fathoms
Rabaul Promised New Fresh Fish Supply
IT has just been discovered by Mr.
Joe Russo, a well-known Italian fisherman, of Rabaul, that an ample supply of fish can be obtained by special methods and equipment in the waters off Gazelle Peninsula, at a depth of about 125 fathoms. It is a development of the new deep fishmg technique of the Japanese, of which much has been heard in recent years.
Mr. Russo and his associates now have built a special boat and equip ment, including fish-traps, and they say that, with some official co operation, they can keep supplies of fresh fish up to the Rabaul market.
“Much better for all communities than the tinned stuff they have been using for so long,” says Mr. Russo.
The plan cannot be operated, how ever, without a freezer of some kind: and the group has not got the land for a freezer. It has made an urgent application to the Administration for help in this direction.
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