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Shore facilities for vessels and traininc; schemes will be 

 arranged ; 



Vessel crews, marketing counterparts and training instructors 

 will be recruited ; 



Programmes of work in exploratory fishing, marketinc; and 

 training will be formulated ; 



A choice of trainee masterfishermen and trainee fishery officers 

 will be made ; and 



_ Necessary preliminary market studies will be completed. 

 This phase will be followed by an operational phase lasting 

 approximately three years. The division between the preparatory and 

 operational phases may vary between the sections of the project. An 

 earlier completion of Phase I in any field would enable the opera- 

 tional phase to start earlier in that field. During the course of the 

 project it is envisaged that the services of a consultant will be made 

 available to advise the Participating Governments on the financing 

 of further development of their fisheries. 



Exploratory Fishing 



6. Work in this field will be carried out under contractual arrange- 

 ments with the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries of the Fish and Wild- 

 life Service of the United States Department of the Interior, by 

 exploratory fishing vessels with their home ports in the following 

 countries : 



Barbados, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, and Trinidad. 



7. The term "home port" means the port on which a project vessel 

 will normally be considered to be based and from which it will draw 

 its crew. 



8. Exploratory fishing will be carried out in those waters considered 

 to be potentially the most promising fishing grounds. Namely, the 

 waters oif the North-east coast of South America ; the southern part 

 of the Caribbean Sea ; and waters near the island chain from Grenada 

 to Jamaica including off-shore banks. Vessels will be provided to con- 

 duct exploratory fishing. Different fishing techniques will be tried 

 which may include long-lining, live-bait fishing, gillnet fishing, 

 trolling and fishing with lights for various species of tuna and other 

 pelagic fishes. Line-fishing for reef-fish, trawling for bottom fish and 

 shrimp, seining for pelagic species, and other types of fishing might 

 also be undertaken. Such biological and oceanographic observations 

 may be made by the exploratory fishing vessels as are considered 

 practicable and desirable. 



Marheting Study and Demonstration 



9. The project will give attention to the urgent need to improve and 

 extend the marketing of fishery products in three fields : 



Domestic markets, intra-Caribbean trade, and export trade 

 outside the Caribbean area. 

 Based on a study of existing marketing problems, the main emphasis 

 will be placed on the demonstration of improved methods of process- 

 ing, handling, storage and distribution of fish and fishery products. 

 Steps will also be taken to demonstrate the potentialities of various 

 products in export markets. 



