W. Samoa Fisheries Survey
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ACCORDING to an investigation carried out in Western Samoa last year, consumption of fresh fish has been estimated at about 350,000 lbs per annum, practically all of which comes from reef waters, there being little off shore fishing and no commercial fishing operations based on the Territory.
With a view to the ultimate development of a fishing industry —the Japanese-manned enterprise based on Eastern Samoa has amply demonstrated one possibility—a fisheries section was established during 1956 in the Department of Agriculture.