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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1985

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-2671108, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ANOTHER GOOD YEAR FOR FISHERMEN ******

HONG KONG FISHERMEN HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR LAST YEAR WITH CATCHES INCREASING IN BOTH QUANTITY AND VALUE.

SPEAKING AT A DINNER PARTY FOR LEADING FISHERMEN TODAY (FRIDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, SAID THIS WAS DUE, IN NO SMALL MEASURE, TO THEIR HARD WORK AND TO THE INCREASING ADOPTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY.

DR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THAT POND FISH FARMERS WERE LESS FORTUNATE AS A PROLONGED COLD SPELL TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR HAD ADVERSELY AFFECTED PRODUCTION.

ALSO, DUE TO CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE TOTAL AREA OF FISH PONDS DECLINED FURTHER.

MARICULTURISTS, HOWEVER, DID VERY WELL AND THE YIELD OF CULTURED MARINE FISH INCREASED BY OVER 30 PER CENT IN WEIGHT COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

DR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THAT THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ASSIST THOSE WORKING IN THE FISHING INDUSTRY.

TO COPE WITH NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TO PROVIDE BETTER MARKETING FACILITIES, THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION REPROVISIONED ITS MARKETS AT SHAU KEI WAN AND CHEUNG SHA WAN IN THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR.

A LARGE MARKET AT YIM TIN TSAI, TAI PO, WAS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN THE COMING SUMMER AND PLANNING FOR NEW MARKETS AT YAU TONG AND TUEN MUN WAS IN PROGRESS, HE SAID.

DR RIDDELL-SWAN THANKED THE LEADING FISHERMEN FOR THE CO-OPERATION THEY GAVE TO BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION DURING THE PAST YEAR WHICH, HE ADDED, WAS INVALUABLE IN THE JOINT ENDEAVOURS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY.

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