FISHERIES III

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The Third Fisheries Project is designed to address two of the sector's most critical constraints, the lack of adequately trained manpower at all levels and the lack of facilities for the exploitation of the substantial coastal fish resources by the traditional coastal fisheries subsector. The project will consist of: (i) the establishment of a Fisheries Manpower Development Center, a self-contained training facility to meet the fisheries sector's trained manpower needs; (ii) financing of teaching equipment for the training of refrigeration technicians; and (iii) a Fisheries Village Development component consisting of the development of four existing fisheries cooperatives comprising five villages by providing integrated fish landing, handling, storage, marketing, transport and repair facilities to enable them to handle all fisheries-related activities from catch to final retail marketing. The project will also provide 156 man-months of technical assistance.