§ Mr. John Prescottasked the Minister of Overseas Development what assistance is given by the Government under 441W aid development programmes to assist in the development of fishing industries of Third World countries; which countries receive aid; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mrs. HartI regard fisheries development as most important for many developing countries. My Ministry is currently assisting in the development of fishing industries in the following countries:
COUNTRY AND DESCRIPTION
Anguilla:
Fish produce market.Bahrain:
Fisheries Officers and Trawler Skipper.Bangladesh:
Inland fisheries.Brazil:
- Oyster culture.
- Inland fish farm.
Fiji:
Fisheries officers.Ghana:
Catamaran fishing.Gilbert Islands:
- Fisheries research vessel.
- Brine shrimp.
- Fisheries officer.
- Fisheries consultancy.
- Fisheries training officer.
- Live bait/milkfish culture.
Guyana:
Shrimp by-catch study.St. Helena:
- Cold store for fish.
- Fisheries survey vessel.
- Fish cold store installation.
Indonesia:
Fish processing industry.Jamaica:
- Larval fish programme.
- Pelagie fish.
Jordan:
Fish farms.Malawi:
- Fisheries development.
- Fish preservation and processing.
- Assistance to Fisheries Department.
Malaysia:
Assistance to frozen prawn industry.Mexico:
- Coastal lagoon fisheries.
- Marine food processing.
Portugal:
Coastal fishing vessels study.Seychelles:
- Post-harvest fisheries development.
- Fisheries consultants.
- Fisheries loan scheme.
- Fisheries development.
Solomon Islands:
- Fisheries equipment building.
- Experimental fishing equipment.
442 - Re-equipping of Government fishing vessel.
- Fisheries research equipment.
- Fisheries launch.
- Fisheries development (fish preservation, ice plant, fish silage, fish smoking, bait fish survey, off-shore resource evaluation).
- Fisheries buildings.
- Skipjack tagging.
- Fisheries laboratory store and workshop.
- Fisheries training.
- Fisheries investigation vessel.
- Fish marketing and stock assessment
South Pacific Commission:
Skipjack survey.Sudan:
- Pilot fisheries.
- Artisanal fisheries.
- Shrimp survey.
Tanzania:
Coastal fisheries.Thailand:
Fisheries economists.Tonga:
- Fisheries training officer.
- Fisheries officer.
Tuvalu:
Fish products for export.Zambia:
Assistance to Fisheries Department.Pre-harvest fishery research projects are mainly concerned with resource assessment, together with ecological and other studies aimed at improved management measures. The growing importance of fish culture work is recognised, and such work is being supported both in the fresh water and in the coastal lagoon environments, but the exploitation of wild populations of aquatic organisms still generally affords the most favourable economic return where such wild populations exist and can sustain a higher rate of exploitation than heretofore.