1. Encourage young people to avail themselves of the comprehensive training at the AMC in fishing technologies and fisheries operations, with a view to providing skilled fishermen
1. Provide instruction in trawl net behaviour, net design and rigging, with particular emphasis on the factors contributing to enhanced door spread and head line height
In 1981-82 the cost of fuel and oil in the Northern Prawn Fishery amounted to 25% ($M23.65) of the total costs for a prawn trawler (Hundloe 1984). In the East Coast Prawn Fishery, fuel and oi 1 amounted to 24% ($M9.77) of the costs (BAE 1984). In recent years the dramatic rise In fuel prices has...