8. Aid Programs 



Oman signed a fisheries aid agreement with 

 Japan in May 1993. The Japanese will provide the 

 Omanis with a 16-meter long research vessel, send 

 five Japanese fisheries experts to the Ministry of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries, and send 15 Omanis to 

 Japan for training during the course of the program. 

 The Japanese aid program will be carried out over 5 

 years and was budgeted at $10 million. 



The Omani-American Joint Commission, the 

 local arm of USAID, sponsors a training program for 

 employees of the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries and the marine science and fisheries center. 

 The training program focuses on methodologies for 

 improving the management of fishery stocks. 



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