Publikationsdatum:
2021-05-19
Beschreibung:
In 1967 Kenya made a request for Norwegian assistance to develop the
fisheries of Lake Turkana. A project was formulated and agreed and its
first phase started in 1970. Norway provided financial and technical assistance to this
project. During the first years personnel from the Norwegian Voluntary Service worked
as advicers in boat-building and in the management of the Turkana Fishermen's Cooperative
Society (TFCS). A fishing master conducted trial fishing. The project was equipped with
a number of fishing boaus, one 36 ft. research vessel, fishing
gear, tools for boat bUilding and some vehicles for the staff
and the Society. The Society
was
also
provided
with
some
financial
support.
During
these
years
the
main
efforts
were
directed
towards
building
up
the
Turkana
Fisheries
Cooperative
Society.
In
1977
its
monopoly
over
the
fish
sale
from
the
fishermen
and
the
further
wholesale
of
processed
fish
was
reinforced
by
the
Kenya
government.
Rules
and
regulations
for
the
fishing
in
the
lake
were
also
established
in
order
to
protect
the
fish
resources
against
over
fishing.
In
1974
a
Norwegian
consultant
recommended
the
establishment
of
a
fish
pro
cessing
plant
at
Lake
Turkana.
In
1975
the
Government
of
Kenya
submitted
a
request
to
Norway
for
assistance
in
building
such
a
plant.
In
1976
and
1977
NORAD
carried
out
feasibility
studies
of
a
fish
processing
plant
including
evaluations
of
marketing
conditions
for
the
economics
of
frozen
fish
produc
tion.
The
building
of
a
plant
with
freezing
facilities
was
recommended
mainly
on
the
basis
that
such
an
expansion
would
be
economically
beneficial
to
the
TFCS.
An
agreement
between
Kenya
and
Norway
concerning
the
building
of
a
plant
was
signed
in
1978.
The
project
was
to
include
a
processing
unit,
storage
facilities
for
frozen
fish,
refrigeration
machinery,
icemaking
machinery,
generators
and
other
facilities.
From
1977
NORAD
provided
a
manager
for
the
TFCS,
from
1978
a
fish-processing
expert
and
from
1980
also
a
refrigeration
machinery
expert
and
a
marketing
expert.
The
building
of
the
new
factory
started
in
May
1979
and
will
be
completed
during
the
first
quarter
of
1981.
Beschreibung:
Published
Schlagwort(e):
Freshwater fish
;
Fishery cooperatives
;
Fishery industry plants
;
Fishery industry
;
Fishery development
;
Development projects
;
Fishery resources
Repository-Name:
AquaDocs
Materialart:
Report
,
Not Known
Format:
59pp and Annexes
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