Recommended actions for the United States Agency for International Development in support of fisheries development

fisheries assistance. Chapter one, on the economic contributions of the fisheries sector, covers: harvest of natural marine stocks; production from inland waters and aquaculture; consumption; demand; economic aspects (trade, employment, prices, income); and the potential for expanded production. Constraints to fishery development are identified in Chapter two, including the common property nature of marine fisheries, environmental vulnerability, inadequate institutional support, and inefficient distribution and marketing systems. The final chapter briefly reviews the current state of A.I.D. and other donors" assistance to the sector and makes suggestions concerning A.I.D."s future role. The key recommendations are that: (1) A.I.D."s Bureau for Science and Technology/Office of Agriculture (S&T/AGR) focus more narrowly on the management of fishery resources and protection of the aquatic environment; and (2) other A.I.D. offices take the lead in promoting small-scale aquaculture (potentially the best means of increasing food fish supplies) and artisanal fisheries (which already produce almost half the fish for the developing world).