A PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA AND FIJI
	CONTENTS

by

YUNG C. SHANG

Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

June 1989

SOUTH PACIFIC AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

GCP/RAS/116/JPN

Suva, Fiji

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CONTENTS

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

1.   Summary

2.   Introduction

3.   The State of Pohnpei:

3.1   Sponge culture

3.2   Eucheuma seaweed culture

3.3   Giant clam re-seeding

3.4   Trochus re-seeding

4.   The State of Kosrae:

4.1   Giant clam pilot operation

4.2   Economic evaluation of a national giant clam hatchery

5.   The State of Truk

6.   The State of Yap

7.   Summary of giant clam re-seeding programme

FIJI

1.   Summary

2.   Introduction

3.   Marine shrimp farming project:

3.1   The development of the project - a review

3.2   Production economics under existing farm conditions

3.3   Production economics after the up-grading of the farm

3.4   Preliminary economics evaluation of expanding the farm

3.5   Markets:

3.5.1   Local markets

3.5.2   Export markets

3.6   Prospects of shrimp farming in Fiji

4.   Freshwater prawn farming:

4.1   Status

4.2   A preliminary economic evaluation

4.3   Markets

4.4   Prospects

5.   Tilapia farming:

5.1   Red tilapia

5.2   The Rural Aquaculture Program

6.   Eucheuma seaweed farming:

6.1   Status

6.2   Culture practices

6.3   Economic aspects

7.   Institutional aspects related to aquaculture development:

7.1   Incentive for foreign investment in aquaculture

7.2   Land use

7.3   Credit

8.   Appendix - Contacts Made