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Introduction 



Special Fund Contribution US$2, 548, 400 



Consisting of : 



Special Fund Contribution US$1, 775, 600 



Governments' Counterpart Contribution in Cash US$772, 800 



Duration 4 years 



Executing Agency : 



Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 

 Cooperating Government Agencies : 



Ministries or Departments of participating Governments re- 

 sponsible for fisheries development. 



1. The states and territories participating in the Regional project of 

 the United Nations Special Fund for the development of the Caribbean 

 fisheries and original signatories to this Plan of Operation are as 

 follows: 



Barbados 

 British Guiana 

 Dominican Republic 

 France — in respect of : 



French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and their dependencies 

 Haiti 

 Jamaica 

 Leeward Islands : 



Antigua, Montserrat, St. Christopher (Kitts), Nevis, and Anguilla 

 Netherlands Antilles 

 Surinam 



Trinidad and Tobago 



United States of America — on behalf of Puerto Rico 

 Windward Islands : 



Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent 



2. This Plan of Operation refers to a project for assistance to the 

 Participating States and Territories by the United Nations Special 

 Fund, for which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United 

 Nations shall act as P.xecuting Agency. The Plan shall also be the 

 Plan of Operation referred to in Article I, paragraph 2 of the Agree- 

 ments which States participating in this project, and the United King- 

 dom in respect of participating dependent territories, have signed 

 with the United Nations Special Fund. 



I. Purpose and Description 



A. Purpose 



3. The purpose of the project is to provide, through exploratory fish- 

 ing, market study and demonstration, and training, a basis for the 

 future growth of the fisheries of the Caribbean region, by indicating 

 the most promising ways in which the productivity of the fisheries can 

 be increased, by setting up a nucleus of trained fishermen and fishery 

 officers, by indicating the most economic ways of developing domestic 

 and export markets and by defining those fields in which future capi- 

 tal investment can most fruitfully be applied. 



B. Description 



4. To achieve this purpose, the project will consist of three parts : 



(i) exploratory fishing, 



(ii) marketing study and demonstration, and 



(iii) training. 



5. The four-year period of the project will be divided into two 

 phases. A preparatory phase will last approximately one year, during 

 which : 



Vessels, gear and equipment will be acquired ; 



