THE FISHERIES AND FISHERY RESOURCES OF HAITI 



INTaODOCHON 



The fisheries and fishery resources of Haiti were studied, in October 1942, as a part 

 of a survey of the entire Caribbean area made by a Mission of the United States Government 

 under a cooperative arrangement between the United States Department of the Interior, Fish 

 and Wildlife Service and the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. The 

 Mission was under ttie direction of Reginald H. Fiedler, Chief of the Division of Fishery 

 Industries, Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior, and the 

 field party in Haiti consisted of Milton J, Lobell, Fishery Eiigineer and Clarence R. Lucas, 

 Fishery Economist of the Service. 



The Republic of Haiti, for many years, has imported fishery products not only from its 

 neighbors but also from distant sources, A small and rudimentary fishing industry has been 

 conducted along its coasts but this never has been able to satisfy even a small portion of 

 the needs of the coxuitry. Under emergency conditions, a local industry producing a sub- 

 stantial portion of the needs of the Republic would be highly desirable. 



Note: The investigators were assisted greatly by the Haitian Commission of Inter- 

 American Development, of which M. Abel Lacroix is President and il. Andre Liautaud, Oeneral 

 Advisor, and, more recently. Minister of Haiti to the United States. The Ministry of Agri- 

 culture, through its Minister, M. Heraux, and the Damien Agricultural School cooperated 

 greatly, U. Andre Audant, Chief of the Section of Zoology and Entomology, accompanied the 

 investigators and prepared an excellent detailed report on the fisheries with the assistance 

 of Mr. Allen Hulsizer, a technical advisor to the Haitian Government, from the United States. 

 The United States Minister and his staff offered every assistance and interest in the work. 



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