FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 291

Small-scale fish landing and marketing facilities

by
A.F. Medina Pizzali
Consultant
Fishery Industries Division
FAO Fisheries Department

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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

This document has been prepared within the framework of the Regular Programme activities of the FAO Fish Utilization and Marketing Service, Fishery Industries Division, to meet the demand for a concise, technical, document on small-scale fish landing and marketing facilities aimed at facilitating the planning of fish collection, handling and marketing infrastructure for the small-scale fisheries sector.

The outline of this document was prepared, and technical assistance supplied to the author, by the Fish Utilization and Marketing Service.

ABSTRACT

The document reviews basic infrastructure and services needed at small-scale fish landing and marketing sites; particular attention is given to the identification, planning and basic design concepts for fish landing and marketing infrastructure for the small-scale fisheries sector. The document also contains case studies of fish landing and marketing facilities from the African, Caribbean and Indo-Pacific Regions.

Distribution:	For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows:
FAO Fisheries Department FAO Regional Fisheries Officers HP Selector FAO Fisheries Field Projects Author	Medina Pizzali, A.F., 1988 Small-scale fish landing and marketing facilities. FAO Fish.Tech.Pap., (291):68 p.

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1.	INTRODUCTION
	1.1	Characteristics of Small-Scale Fisheries
	1.2	The Traditional Fish Marketing System
	1.3	Constraints of Small-Scale Fisheries Development
2.	PLANNING
	2.1	A Pragmatic Approach for the Identification of Small-Scale Fisheries Marketing Shortcomings
	2.2	Elements of Strategies
3.	ELEMENTS FOR PLANNING
	3.1	General Development Stages
	3.2	Raw Material
	3.3	Products and Fish Marketing Aspects
	3.4	Location
	3.5	Cost Estimates and Sources of Financing
	3.6	Basic Design Concepts
	3.7	Small-Scale Fish Landing Facilities: Basic Designs
		3.7.1	Site selection
		3.7.2	Services expected at landing sites
		3.7.3	Small-scale fish handling and marketing facilities; a design approach
		3.7.4	Main construction design considerations
			3.7.4.1	Layout
			3.7.4.2	Buildings
			3.7.4.3	Fish stores and ice plants
			3.7.4.4	Space for fish preparation
			3.7.4.5	Water supplies
			3.7.4.6	Waste disposal
			3.7.4.7	Power supply
			3.7.4.8	Parking areas
			3.7.4.9	Equipment
		3.7.5	Fish collecting systems
		3.7.6	Management
		3.7.7	Live fish marketing
4.	CASE STUDIES: SOME FISH LANDING FACILITIES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION
	4.1	Case Study I: A Project in Southeast Asia
		4.1.1	Introduction
		4.1.2	The fish collection programme
	4.2	Case Study II: Small-Scale Fisheries Development Project,Bayawan, in Negros Oriental, Philippines
		4.2.1	Introduction
		4.2.2	Cooperative organization
		4.2.3	Production
		4.2.4	Collection system
		4.2.5	Handling facilities
		4.2.6	Dumaguete fish handling facilities (DFCS)
5.	CASE STUDIES: SOME FISH LANDING FACILITIES IN THE CARIBBEAN AREA
	5.1	Case Study III: Fisheries Terminal Complex, Oistins, Barbados
		5.1.1	Introduction
		5.1.2	Marketing and distribution
		5.1.3	Fisheries terminal complex
		5.1.4	Operations at the fish terminal
		5.1.5	List of major equipment for fish handling used in Oistins complex
	5.2	Case Study IV: Some Fish Landing Facilities on the Coast of Trinidad and Tobago
		5.2.1	San Fernando wholesale/retail fish market (Trinidad)
		5.2.2	Otaheite fish landing facilities (Trinidad)
6.	CASE STUDIES: SOME FISH LANDING FACILITIES IN THE AFRICAN REGION
	6.1	Case Study V: Some Fish Landing Facilities on the South Coast of Kenya
		6.1.1	Introduction
		6.1.2	Fish marketing
		6.1.3	Vanga fish receiving station
		6.1.4	Msambweni fish receiving station
	6.2	Case Study VI: Some Fish Landing Facilities on Lake Victoria
		6.2.1	Background
		6.2.2	Port Victoria fish receiving station
		6.2.3	Kaloka fish receiving station
		6.2.4	Wichlum fish receiving station
		6.2.5	Kendu Bay fish receiving station
	6.3	Case Study VII: Some Fish Landing Facilities on the West African Coast
		6.3.1	Fish marketing centre in Kayar, Senegal
		6.3.2	Rural community fishing centre, Lekki, Nigeria
7.	REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1	Typical questionnaire for identifying small-scale fisheries projects
2	Check-list for planning fish landing and marketing facilities