FLEET OFF COAST
Sightings In Southland (N.Z. Press Association) INVERCARGILL. March 12. Two large foreign vessels with red and black funnel markings were sighted off the south-east coast of Stewart Island today by residents on the island. Two vessels were sighted off Nugget Point on Tuesday and were thought to be whalers. These ships could have been part of a fleet sighted off the mouth of the Clutha on Monday by a Nuggets fisherman, Mr C. Ashmore. One boat swept right into the bay at the mouth of the Clutha. On Monday morning five vessels, including one large craft with red and black funnel markings, were sighted off Waikawa steaming south, and later in the afternoon five vessels were sighted off Pegasus Point, also with red and black markings. The reports indicate that the larger ships could be mother ships and that they are fishing for tuna.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30389, 13 March 1964, Page 14
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