SWEDISH FUNDS-IN-TRUST GCP/MOZ/006 (SWE) Field Document 1

REPORT
to the
GOVERNMENT OF MOZAMBIQUE
on
ORGANIZATION OF THE ORNAMENTAL FISH TRADE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

by

Pierre J. Brichard
Ornamental Fish Trade Consultant

This is one of a series of reports prepared during the course of the FAO/UNDP project identified in the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1980

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Terms of Reference

1.2 Summary of Activities

2. MARKET

2.1 Market Trends

2.2 Market Organization

2.2.1 Wild-Caught Fishes

2.2.2 Tank- or Pool-Raised Fish

2.3 African Rift Lake Cichlids Market

3. SURVEY OF THE POTENTIAL COLLECTING GROUNDS ON THE MOZAMBIQUE COASTLINE OF LAKE NYASA

3.1 Logistical Problems in Setting up a Collecting Station for ornamental Fishes in Metangula

3.2 Suggestions about the Organization of Collecting

4. SURVEY OF THE MARKET FOR MOZAMBIQUE MARINE FISHES AND INVERTEBRATES

4.1 Survey of Collecting Grounds on Coral Reefs in the Cabo Delgado Province

4.2 Logistical Problems in Setting up a Collecting Station for Marine Fauna in Pemba

5. TRANSIT STATION IN MAPUTO

6. AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

6.1 Air Links between Exporting and Importing Countries

6.2 Speed

6.3 Safety

6.4 Working with Carriers

7. SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCAL FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS

Appendix 1: LIST OF ORNAMENTAL FISH IMPORTERS INTERVIEWED

Appendix 2: ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL ORDERS AND SALES VOLUME

Appendix 3: LIST OF ORNAMENTAL MARINE FISH IDENTIFIED DURING THE SURVEY IN THE CABO DELGADO PROVINCE

Appendix 4: ROUTING FOR SHIPMENTS OF ORNAMENTAL FISH FROM MOZAMBIQUE TO EUROPE

Appendix 5: REPORT ON THE VISIT TO AQUARIA ANTWERP

Appendix 6: CORAL REEF FAUNA EXPORT POTENTIAL FROM MOZAMBIQUE

Appendix 7: ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ORNAMENTAL FISH FROM LAKE NYASA AND INDIAN OCEAN FISHES AND INVERTEBRATES