§ Lord KENNETasked Her Majesty's Government:
What fisheries projects the Minister of Overseas Development is supporting in developing countries; whether they will list these projects and the financial aid being given in each case; whether 743WA British equipment is being supplied on any of these schemes; whether any stipulation is made about the final destination of fish caught, and if so what.
Country Project Description Estimate of Total Cost £000 British Equipment Supplied Bahrain Fisheries Officers and Trawler Skipper 91 Bangladesh Inland Fisheries 435 Yes Brazil Oyster Culture 120 Yes Inland Fish Farm 40 Possibly Fiji Fisheries Officers 35 Ghana Pesticides Pollution 93 Yes Catamaran Fishing 75 Yes Gilbert Islands Fisheries Officer 13 Fisheries Consultancy 117 Fisheries Training Officer 30 Yes Live Bait/Milkfish Culture 86 Guyana Shrimp By-Catch Study 22 Yes St. Helena Cold Store for Fish: Jamestown 40 Yes Fisheries Survey Vessel 60 Yes Fish Cold Store Installation 76 Yes Indonesia Fish Processing Industry 70 Yes Jamaica Larval Fish Programme 3 Malawi Fisheries Development 360 Yes Fish Preservation and Processing 35 Yes Mexico Coastal Lagoon Fisheries 204 Yes Marine Food Processing 36 Portugal Coastal Fishing Vessels Study 7 Seychelles Post-Harvest Fisheries Development 75 Yes Fisheries Consultants 380 Fisheries Loan Scheme 115 Yes Fisheries Development 49 Yes Solomon Islands Turtle Resources Evaluation 13 Yes Fisheries Development 54 Yes Equipment for Govt. Fisheries Vessel "San Juanita" 7 Yes Fish Market 20 Yes Fisheries Laboratory Store and Workshop 56 Fisheries Investigation Vessel 140 Yes South Pacific Commission Skipjack Survey 210 Yes Sudan Pilot Fisheries Project 100 Yes Artisanal Fisheries 690 Yes Tanzania Coastal Fisheries 265 Yes Thailand Fisheries Economists 70 Yes Tonga Fisheries Training Officer 25 Fisheries Officer 17 Zambia Assistance to Fisheries Department 18 It is an invariable rule of the Ministry that where imported equipment is needed it must be of United Kingdom manufacture unless there are overriding reasons for providing other equipment. These are relatively rare. There is no formal stipulation about the final destination of fish caught on any of these projects. In the main they are designed to improve the protein diet of the local population, but there are instances where it is desirable to export high value products if the net gain to the national economy is much greater thereby.
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§ Baroness LLEWELYN-DAVIES of HASTOEMy right honourable friend the Minister of State for Overseas Development is currently supporting fisheries projects in the following countries: