of 23 deg.
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The Crayfish Non of 23 deg.
According to a South Pad j Commission fishery expert, it curious but true that althoui crayfish abound in reef wate around New Caledonia and nor of Australia, all efforts to ta , them in baited traps and pc have failed. In southern latitud that is the way they are caug —but north of Capricorn, nc However, it seems that the is one exception to this rule Fiji. And this may make up f the fact that some years ago promising Fiji tuna indust failed because tuna around F wouldn’t be caught by Americi pole-fishing methods.
Recent experiments in F have shown that local crays w go into traps and pots and i American company will short send an expert there to ma t further investigations. This cor pany estimates that Ameri could absorb one million poun wdght of crayfish from F\ per annum.