FISHING COMMISSION.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1919, Page 5

FISHING COMMISSION.

SI FOR ENCOURAGING INDUSTRY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Giving evidence before the Northern Fisheries Commission, Mr. L. F. Ayson, chief inspector of fishenes, said that for the purpose of assisting the present fishermen and encoiuiaging more fishermen to engage in fishing, he made the following recommendations: (1) That the Government advance money to fishermen for the purchase of boats and fishing outfits; (2) insurance of fishermen's boats by the State; (3) erection of fish-chilling and ice-making plants in outlying parts of the coast, so as to prevent loss of fish during warm weather, and ensure all fish reaching the market in a perfectly fresh condition; (4) admitting all fishing nets, netting ,twine, fishing hooks and lines, and all fishing gear into the Dominion free of duty; (5) encourage fishermen to go in for purse seining by a practical demonstration of the use of this net at the various fishing grounds around the coast. By this method fish can be taken in a very large quantity and at a small cost in comparison to trawling; giving a bonus on fi3h canned and cured for export, and also on the uroduction of fertiliser manufactured from fish offal and unmarketable fish, and for the manufacture of potash and other products from kelp and seaweed. (7) That the Government assist in procuring the necessary supplies of benzine, lubricating oil, nets, netting, twine, hooks, lines, and other material.