Ottawa.—Canadian fishermen are making a valuable contribution to the war effort in the direction of increasing the supply of food. In all but one of the five sea fisheries provinces, the February catch topped that of February, 1939, and was vrorlh more to the fishermen at. point of landing. The Dominion's landings of sea fish and shellfish during the month amounted to 1.137.900 hundredweights, and its landed value was 669,100 dollars, which represents a catch almost double that taken a year previous, a comparative increase also being shown, in landed value.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1940, Page 6
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