Industry

Move to Establish BSIP Fishing Industry

From “PlM’s” Honiara Correspone.

After a great deal of mr has been wasted on the post,

development, of rice-growin

the BSIP, the Government!

decided to exploit the fishim

dustry.

OROTECTORATE fishing giv are an important natural res? and the average person has foiu hard to understand why the Go ment has not tried earlier to des a fishing industry.

Now funds are being proc to maintain a Fisheries Sectio the Department of Agriculture, t will collect data to determine scope for a fishing industry.

The new section will also i the prospects for exporting ; privately.

It will make a survey of fin grounds and help local peopll teaching modern fishing techm and by providing refrigeration catches where possible.

Four trainees are doing a six-m training course on the vessel!

Juanita, combined with pras surveys of the fishing grounds, fish caught are sold locally. H for the fishing vessel were available under a Colonial Dev ment and Welfare Scheme.

There is a demand overseas fd types of fish at good prices, espes in Hongkong. Shark fin and shell are also in demand.

The Government has made it J that it does not wish to be invv in overseas fish marketing, hoped to do this through comnur channels after the Agricux Department has established a msx Until 1960 the only organisedb ing in the Protectorate was dorr a small co-operative unit in Hod and several individuals in the Fax Solomons.

Now the fishing industry sK? make a substantial contributioo the economy of the Protectorates to the food supply and health o people.