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The Government of Indonesia hopes to achieve greater private investment in the export oriented segments of the fisheries sector, as well as increased productivity and efficiency in investments and poverty alleviation through further development of this sector. The Fisheries Support Services Project to be implemented over a seven year period includes (i) the rehabilitation of 295 km of primary and secondary brackish water canals serving 18,000 ha of shrimp ponds in South Sulawesi, Aceh, and Southeast Sulawesi; (ii) provision of credit and technical support for shrimp farm development, for the establishment of fry rearing and distribution facilities run by fishermen; and (iii) provision of credit for expanding private cold storage facilities for marine fisheries in East Nusa Tenggara and for purchase of 26 pole and line vessels. The project further provides technical support for adaptive research, manpower development, planning and project preparation in the Directorate General of Fisheries; (v) support for restructuring state fisheries enterprises; and (vi) development of a small pilot component to promote environmentally-sound coastal aquaculture development involving the poorest coastal fishermen.