- Title: MAURITANIA: NEW DEEP FREEZING PLANT WILL AID MAURITANIA'S FISHING INDUSTRY
- Date: 5th February 1967
- Summary: 1. GV SHIPS IN PORT 0.05 2. GV SHIP IN DOCK UNLOADING FISH 0.11 3. SV MEN ON SHIP UNLOAD FISH (2 SHOTS) 0.21 4. CU MEN LOADING FISH ON TO FORKLIFT TRUCK 0.33 5. GV FORKLIFT TRUCK TAKES FISH AWAY 0.42 6. GV EXT. REFRIGERATION PLANT 0.44 7. SV INT. PLANT MEN SORTING FISH 0.52 8. SV MEN LOADING FISH IN BOXES 1.00 9. CU MAN 1.02 10. BOXES OF FISH ON CONVEYOR BELT 1.10 11. SV BOXES OF FISH STACKED UP 1.14 12. GV FORKLIFT TRUCK STACKS BOXES OF FISH 1.22 13. SV EXT. SIGN SHOWING CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS PAN. TO PORT BEING ENLARGED 1.32 14. SV ENGINEERS WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION (2 SHOTS) 1.39 15. LV PORT UNDER CONSTRUCTION (2 SHOTS) 1.47 Initials PBS/V-S/CR/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 20th February 1967 12:00
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- Location: PORT ETIENNE, MAURITANIA
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- Country: Mauritania
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- Story Text: ONE OF MAURITANIA'S CHIEF INDUSTRIES, FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING, IS TO RECEIVE A NEW STIMULUS FROM EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW FACILITIES AT THE FISHING PORT AT PROT ETIENNE.
DRIED AND SALTED FISH IS ONE OF MAURITANIA'S MAIN EXPORTS, AND THE NEW FACILITIES AT PORT ETIENNE WILL INCREASE PRODUCTION.
A NEW REFRIGERATION PLANT HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO OPERATION. IT WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY A FRENCH COMPANY, AND WILL BE ABLE TO FREEZE AND PROCESS 100 TONS OF FISH A DAY. IN ADDITION, THERE IS STORAGE AREA FOR ANOTHER 5,000 TONS OF FISH.
THE REFRIGERATION PLANT INCORPORATES SOME OF THE MOST MODERN EQUIPMENT OF ITS TYPE AVAILABLE. NEARBY IS A NEW LABORATORY WHERE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF BREEDING AND MIGRATION OF FISH ARE STUDIED.
EACH YEAR ABOUT 300-THOUSAND TONS OF FISH ARE BROUGHT INTO PROT ETIENNE. THEY ARE CAUGHT MAINLY IN RICH FISHING GROUNDS ALONG THE COAST AND THE REFRIGERATION PLANT, LABORATORIES, AND EXTENSIONS TO THE PORT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION REPRESENT AN INVESTMENT OF 750-MILLION FRANCS CFA (ABOUT GBP1,071,000 STERLING).
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