SURPLUS FISH

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1939, Page 10

SURPLUS FISH

DISPUTE AT DUNEDIN. fPEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, April 17. The large supply of fish on the Dunedin market this morning, and the refusal of Port Chalmers fishermen to sell the surplus io the exporters at the basic price fixed by the latter, resulted in the return of approximately 3cwt. of fish to the fishermen to-day.

Some time ago, an arrangement was entered into between the fishermen and the exporters whereby surplus fish that was not required by local retailers would be taken over by exporters at a. certain price. Comnara-I lively recently, on account of the- uncertain state of the Australian market for New Zealand fish, exporters felt compelled to reduce the basic price, payable to fishermen for their surplus catch, an action that, was not acceptable to the fishermen, who subsequently took steps to ally themselves 'with the Seamen’s Union with the in-

tention of protecting their interests. : Until this morning, however. supplies of fish reaching the local market were not more limn could be absorbed through tlie usual rot nil channels. bin to-day fishermen refused to! sell llcwt surplus to the exporters at. the latter's price, with the result that, for the first lime for a. number oft .’•'-tirs, list) was returned to Fort J