Fiji Tuna Canning

By Next Year

The Pacific Fishing and Car Co. Ltd. hopes to be in operath 1962, the company chairman ,, Maurice Scott, said early in No her. He said the foundations fa proposed cannery at Levuka \ been checked.

THE next step would be pro tion of the plans for thes nery. Quite a lot of details han to be tied up.

Mr. Scott said the company received a favourable reply froi< Government about proposals t up the factory, and all the inf] tion had gone to Japan. The Go ment still required a few mon tails, which would be supplied..

Early this month a represera of Banno Bros., one of the orgs tions interested in the ventures in Japan, discussing the project a Mr. Matsuda, a fishing experr a member of the Japanese H ment, “A great deal of interest has shown in the venture, both insid outside Fiji,” Mr. Scott said! fact we could have sold 3,000 to tuna to America only a short! ago had we been in operation.) order has gone to Santos it New Hebrides.”

The company, which has a noc capital of £250,000, was register Suva on August 15. The £1 : will be available to the public Fish will be available for thes market and for export. The con intends to export fish to Hawaii United States, Europe and I and to New Zealand and Am if there are markets.

The fishing ships will be Jap:( manned, and the experts in the ture will be Japanese. There vw employment for local people.