REPORTS - BOBP/REP/57
Introduction of New Outrigger Canoes in Indonesia
by
G. Pajot
Sr. Fishing Technologist
O. Gulbrandsen
Naval Architect Consultant
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REPORTS - BOBP/REP/57 Introduction of New Outrigger Canoes in Indonesiaby |
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Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Funding Agency: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BAY OF BENGAL PROGRAMME; Madras, India 1993 |
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This report gives an account of the successful attempts to develop and introduce a new type of outrigger canoe for the benefit of small-scale fisherfolk in Nias Island, North Sumatera, Indonesia. It summarizes the activities of canoe construction, training of carpenters, demonstration and long-term fishing trials and discusses the impact and prospects for further development. The work was undertaken from late 1988 till early 1993 as a subproject under BOBP’s “Small-Scale Fisherfolk Communities” project GCP/RAS/118/MUL. The subproject was channelled through the Provincial Fisheries Service (PFS) of North Sumatera but was, to a very large extent, an autonomous unit in Nias with a Field Assistant, Tafonaha Gulo, as the only staff. The Boatbuilder Consultant assisting in construction of prototype canoes and training of carpenters was M Savins, from Australia. |
1. BACKGROUND
2. SUBPROJECT ACTIVITIES - PHASE I
2.1 Design and construction of prototype canoes
2.2 Fishing trials on the east coast
2.3 Socioeconomic study
2.4 Design of INS-5
3 . SUBPROJECT ACTIVITIES - PHASE II
3.1 Training of boatbuilders in the village
3.2 Demonstration of outrigger canoe on the west coast
3.3 Pilot credit scheme for two canoes
3.4 Extension efforts
4. IMPACT AND PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
4.1 Uptake by the private sector
4.2 Government-sponsored schemes
4.3 Marketing
4.4 Credit
4.5 Fishery resources
MAPS AND FIGURES
1. Map of Nias Island
2. INS-5, 8.6 m planked outrigger canoe
I. Chronology of activities
II. Cost of INS-5 outrigger canoe