Investigate Deep
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Australian Team To
Water Tuna Fishing
An Australian team of experts is to investigate the possibility of de veloping deep water tuna fishing in waters near Australia.
The Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. C. F. Adermann, announced this in May.
Mr. Adermann said: "Tuna are known to be present in large quan tities off the Australian coast, but the types of vessel and gear required to catch them, and especially the costs of such operations, present problems.
"The live bait and pole method used by Australian fishermen to catch tuna in the shallow waters close to the coast is not applicable to deep water fishery.
"A team of experts, comprising Mr. M. J. Beare, of the Common wealth Development Bank, Mr. J.
S. Hynd, of CSIRO, and Mr. P. D.
Lorimer, of the Department of Pri mary Industry, will visit Japan, Hawaii and Samoa to investigate the technical and economic aspects of introducing to Australia the long line method of catching tuna.
"It is expected that the investiga tions will take about three months and that the experts' report will in dicate to the Government and to the fishing industry the prospects of successful developing of deep water tuna fishery on a commercial basis."