Chathams confidence
Wellington reporter A feeling of confidence was! apparent among Chatham Islands fishermen that the present levels of the catch could be maintained and increased. without contemplat|ing another crayfish boom, (according to the Minister of (Fisheries (Mr Bolger). He has just returned from a four-day visit there, accom-j paniecl by the Under-; Secretary to the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr K. Comber) and the local member of Parliament (Miss C. E. Dewe). Bigger crayfish were now being caught at the Chathams,
! but the fishermen would like i to see a shift from an; indussltry. based on crayfish and 11 paua to one with more trawl--5 |ing done. Additional processiiing facilities would be needed - (if this happened, which -(should not be a major prob,|lem. F' “They did not seem very ; worried about the introduci (tion of a 200-mile exclusive - economic coastal' zone,” Mr -; Bolger said. “They were more f worried about fish-processing - facilities, which have now r been reduced to three plants, . and w’ill probably be reduced to two when they have to i meet the new hygiene regula- , tions.”
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