AUSTRALIAN FISH
Investigations by the Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research indicate good commercial possibilities for the marketing of fish found in abundance in Australian waters. It is said that, with fish similar to those in Australian waters, the Californian fisheries had developed an industry worth several million dollars annually. The fish was present in Australian waters, but the technique had to be developed not only of catching it, but of establishing the canneries at a point where there would be a continuous supply for at least nine months of each year. There were nine species of tuna in Australian waters, three of which were equal to the best American canning varieties. The habits of the tuna were being studied, not only in New South Wales waters, but in the Great Australian Bight and in the waters off the Northern Territory. The Australian pilchard is suitable for canning and for the production of fish oil and feeding meal. A small fish oil industry has been established, and promises good commercial results.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19401015.2.29
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 92, 15 October 1940, Page 5
Word Count
172AUSTRALIAN FISH Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 92, 15 October 1940, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in