GREENLAND’S PORT.
OPENED TO FISHERMEN. “At the request of foreign powers,” Greenland has declared open the harbour of Faeringehavn on the southeastern coast, near the remarkable cod fishing waters found after the World War. American, French, British, Portuguese and Danish fishing vessels made heavy hauls sf cod recently and used the harbour for the first time. The harbour is protected from the sea by towering islets. Ships can anchor at several places among the.islets. Lights and marks and iron rings for moorings have been installed and also a broadcasting station and a. hospital with a doctor and nurses. Hdlibut is hot. found in great quantities on the banks. But eod may be encountered there in. huge shoals. A Portuguese crew caught 48,1)00 cod with 'hand lines in six days. Fishermen agree that hardly anywhere in the North Atlantic are cod to be found in such numbers as off West Greenland during the summer.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 190, 25 May 1938, Page 3
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