First Prawns Caught
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PRAWNS from four to eight inches long have been caught in the lagoon at Tongatapu recently for the first time. Tongatapu, the site of Nukualofa, is the main island in the Kingdom of Tonga.
The prawns, which are of good commercial size, were caught in a Japanese treble-mesh net in the deeper areas of the lagoon after Tonga’s Premier, Prince Tungi, had taken an interest in the fishing pos sibilities in the lagoon with the Japanese net set at various depths.