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Crayfishing

Watch crayfishing in the late 1960s at the Chatham Islands. It was a boom time for the crayfishing industry, and some fishermen made a lot of money exporting lobster tails by air freight to the United States.

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Carl Walrond. 'Fishing industry', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
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