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'File 9/23 I Fishing schemes in Persian Gulf' [30v] (60/80)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 16 Aug 1944-21 Nov 1944. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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H 0 T E IL
PHESEITT FRE SPI FISH CO LLECTIOI! AED DISTRIBUTIOH SCHEME AT
ABADAIA
This highly successful fresh fish collection schene,
mlciny use of available local fi she men and their traps, is
catchinp fish at a rate of aaout 800 tons per year* The fish
are divided into several categories, Mst quality heinj sold to
Staff in the Company 1 s retail sliops, 2nd quality mainly yoinp
to the Staff restaurant, and 3rd quality heiny sold at a fixed
price throuyh the Municipal fish haeaar, v/hich is under AIOC
control. Those three categories arc “based on the species of
fish primrily, hut occasionally when 1st quality fish has
deteriorated sliyhtly on account of slow transport, it may he
sold off as 3rd quality. The hulh of the 3rd quality fish
consists of ’’Sohoor 1 ', a herriny-1 il:o sxDccies (lljlsa ilisha).
The catch of this species is measured hy number o.ily, other-
\. r ise all quantities are in lbs. Rouylily speahiny hov/ever.
the average v;cijht of the individual "Soboor" v/crlcs out at
about 1 lb. The catches monthly since the start of the .
scheme in February 1943 are stated by AIOC to have been as
follows:~
1943
Total of 1st
plus 2nd qua
lity in lbs.
Number of
’'Soboor’ 1
Approximate
total d:. tons
February
307
233,210
104
March
1241
166,695
• 75
April
21,993
134,950
68
May
81,939
21,890
* 46
June
95,387
80,954
78
July
179,623
100,314
124
Auyust
100,478
75,902
78
September
61,199
34,997
53
October
55,642
9,387
40
November .
32,141
26 ,641
18
December
36,924-
28_
712
1941+.
J anuary
7,855
20,906
12
February
3,937
62,912
31
March
10,217
371,011
169
April
57,007
86,121
64
May
82,942
99,423.
80
June
l Year
108,823
101,854
.... A
450
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The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain concerning the development of new fisheries in Abadan, to improve the diet of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's staff. There are two copies of a report on Abadan fishery schemes, (ff 5-19 and ff 23-37) and a brief report on the fisheries of Iraq (ff 38-39), both by Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram.
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- 1 file (28 folios)
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The file contains two letters, with earlier documents attached in no particular order. There are some file notes on ff 21-22.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also located in parallel between ff 2-39; these numbers are written in pencil and crayon, but are not circled. They are located in the same position as the main sequence, except for some instances which are located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. .
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- 'File 9/23 I Fishing schemes in Persian Gulf'
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- front, front-i, 2r:39v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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