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1D 
Port facilities--$284 million--subsidizes local and 
prefectural government projects for the construction 
and rehabilitation of fishing ports and other coastal 
facilities. 
Coastal fisheries promotion--$41.6 million--provides 
funding for the Agency's coastal fishery industry 
modernization program, mariculture development pro- 
gram, Salmon hatchery program, and fisheries exten- 
sion services. Also included is preliminary funding 
for the recently approved coastal fishing grounds 
development program. 
International affairs--$26.2 million--includes funds 
transferred to the Overseas Fishery Cooperation 
Foundation and to the Japan Marine Resource Research 
Cenizerss: 
Vessel loss and disaster insurance--$25.2 million-- 
provides subsidies to insurance cooperatives for com- 
pensation of vessel losses and disaster damages. 
Price stabilization--$25.1 million--provides assis- 
tance in the form of subsidized loans and other 
support to national level cooperatives in their ef- 
forts to stabilize domestic fish prices. The cooper- 
atives purchase and store fish when market prices 
fall below floor levels and resell them when prices 
rise. 
Fisheries management stabilization--$5.4 million-- 
funds the cost of subsidized loans made to fishing 
companies for the liquidation of accumulated debts, 
and assistance with increased fuel costs. It also 
provides for low-interest, long-term loans to tuna 
industry cooperatives for the repurchase of existing 
licenses in connection with the Government and in- 
dustry program to reduce the size of the tuna fleet. 
Other--$24.7 million--includes funding of agency pro- 
grams for fisheries modernization, abatement of water 
pollution, fisheries enforcement, and research vessel 
construction. 
The loan and investment budget, $539 million, provides 
capital funding for the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
Finance Corporation, with the National credit institution 
funneling Government funds to cooperative associations and 
fisheries. It also provides capital for the National Fisher- 
ies Modernization Fund and Japan Development Bank. 
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