CONGRESS ON FISHING GEAR

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28020, 14 July 1956, Page 11

CONGRESS ON FISHING GEAR

An International Fishing Gear Congress is being planned by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, to take place in October, 1957, in Hamburg. The congress will bring together from many parts of the world specialists working in the field of fishing gear research, design and manufacture to discuss such subjects as net yarns, net-making, rational design of fishing gear, including fish detection and the use of electrical equipment. “This will be the first time that such specialists from various parts of the world will meet to exchange knowledge, experience- and ideas,” explained Mr Hilmar Kristjonsson, chief of the Fishing Gear Section of the Fisheries Division of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. “The congress will last a week and will concentrate on recent developments in fishing gear design, materials and construction, including such matters as the measurement of the performance ol gear, detection of fish, behaviour of gear under water, reaction of fish to it and so on.

“There has been a vast increase in capital investment in fishing equipment in recent years,” he continued, “and fishing gear technology is assuming an ever-growing economic importance. One objective of the Congress will be to focus attention on this, taking stock of existing knowledge in this field.” The Food and Agriculture Organisation is compiling a comprehensive “Handbook of Fishins Gear and Methods.” the first of its kind. The book will provide detailed descriptions and specifications of advanced types of fishing gear, equipment and methods, and will give solid background information to the many topics which will be discussed at the congress.