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Madras Fisheries Bureau. Papers from 1899 Relating chiefly to the Development of the Madras Fisheries Bureau

1915

But the subject is complicated owingdto the habits of the fish and customs of the country, the nature of the rivers and the irrigational use made of them ; the papvision of fish passes in the anikats—as in the Cauvery, K istna, etc. —is only one of tile diffi- culties. [...] Conversely, the want of knowledge how to keep fish alive and fresh in wells or chests and the inability to obtain cheap salt for the proper salting down of the fish at sea and the ignorance of the methods or the absence of the practice of preserving fish wet in pickle, tend to keep the boats small and the voyages short. [...] but, in fact, the industry is tending to develop, as in western countries, towards the disappearance of the independent boatman and the entry of the capitalist-employer : at Tellicherry, one of the best fishing and dried-fish centres, two curers control two-thirds of the numerous boats : on the East Coast there are Marakayars and others who have the men and the industry in their hands. [...] The baskets are then weighed and passed in with the order for salt in the proportion usually off to 7 for large and i to 8 for small fish ; after the salt has been issued out of store the fish are taken to the curer's shed and placed in a trough which is usually a small canoe or of that shape : a rough layer of the fish is then laid in the bottom of the canoe and sprinkled with its modicum of salt [...] It will be seen then that the independence of the small owner at Tanur is not necessarily to the benefit either of the fishermen or of the curers or of the industry ; the curers not being sure of a continuous supply of fish will not put capital into the business ; the result of want of capital and of petty business is an inferior article of food and trade ; and not only does such inferior article
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Pages
245
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100021
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Madras Fisheries Bureau. Papers from 1899 Relating chiefly to the Development of the Madras Fisheries Bureau
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