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Lot #		19709
Auction End Date		1/8/2008 12:11:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)

Title Information

Title (English)

Report on the Fisheries of Palestine

Author

[Only Ed.] James Hornell

City

London - Jerusalem

Publisher

Crown Agents for the Colonies

Publication Date

1935

Collection Information

Independent Item

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Description Information

Physical
Description

Only edition. 106 pp., 248:168 mm., wide margins, light age staining, minor worming. A good copy bound in the original boards, spine split.

Detailed
Description

At the beginning of the 20th century, all the fishermen—with the exception of a few in Tiberius—were Arabs; the early pioneers showed no interest in fishing. Between 1920 and 1936, repeated but unsuccessful attempts were made by small groups of halutzim to earn a living as fishermen in the Mediterranean and Lake Kinneret. Lacking experience and familiarity with local conditions, as well as the support of the community, they could not overcome the opposition of the Arab fishermen and master the unaccustomed and difficult work. An upward turn came in 1936, when the Arab revolt broke out and Jaffa Port was paralyzed. A wave of enthusiasm for seafaring and fishing spread among the Jews: a port was built at Tel Aviv and the Jewish Agency set up a maritime department. Up to the end of the 1930s, on the initiative of the department and with its assistance, ten fishing villages (eight kibbutzim and two moshavim) were founded on the shores of the Mediterranean. The villagers intended to combine agriculture with fishing, but it soon transpired that a modern fishing village could not maintain itself without a proper harbor. After 25 years of effort they gave up the struggle: the original fishing villages turned into flourishing agricultural settlements and the Jewish fishing industry was transferred to the port cities. Nevertheless, this pioneering effort established the basis of modern deep-sea fishing in Israel, providing its first trained fishermen. Fishing in Lake Kinneret by Jews started in earnest with the founding of two kibbutzim on its shores: Ein Gev (1937) and Ginnosar (1938), which still engage in this among other pursuits. Fishing in Lake Huleh was started by the villagers of Hulatah and came to an end only in 1957, when the Huleh reclamation project was completed and the lake dried out. In 1969/70 the catch from all types of fishing reached 21,000 tons.

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