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Continued from Page 14 elan crews. The coastal fishermen supply fresh fish, but the catches of
the bigger cutters, though brought to Aruban markets in greater quan-
These are all Arubans, but besides them there were also about sixty Ven- tity, are less fresh, because they have to be kept in cold storage for some
ezuelans and Colombians who worked in the fisheries here. time.
At a rough estimate there are about a hundred small fishing boats.
The Arubans, together with some Windward Islanders, mainly engage
in coastal fishing, using rowing-boats or small sailing-boats, and lines or The fisheries provide a considerable source of income, but they could
dragnets and canisters in shallow water. The fishermen carrying on their be much more productive. Each month about 3000 kilos of cold-stored
trade around the Monges Islands and off the opposite coast employ big fish is imported here from Las Piedras, Venezuela. Everything caught is for
fishing schooners from 5 to 40 gross registered tons burthen with Venezu- home consumption only. Exports of fish do not take place. q