The Mission occupied a room in the Ministry of Fisheries, Colombo. Most literature reviews, interviews with Ministry officials and report drafting were carried out there. The persons interviewed are listed in Annex 3.
The rest of this annex lists (a) the Mission's travels, (b) visits outside the Ministry of Fisheries, and (c) formal meetings.
The office of the Ministry of Fisheries is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
Mr. D.E.M. Weerakoon, Aquaculturist in the Ministry of Fisheries, was assigned to work with the Mission throughout its stay in Sri Lanka.
In the remainder of this Annex, the names of Mission members, and other FAO staff, are abbreviated as follows:
| K.H. Alikunhi | - KHA |
| H.L. Cook | - HC |
| J. Kövári | - JK |
| T.V.R. Pillay | - TVRP |
| I. Subhan | - IS |
| U.N. Wijkström | - UNW |
| Date | Mission members | Activities |
| 1 Sept. | HC, JK, UNW | Travel from Rome to Colombo |
| 2–3 Sept. | HC, JK, UNW | Discussions with FAO Representative and introduction to Ministry of Fisheries (MOF). Briefing of UNDP |
| 4 Sept. | HC, JK | Visit to brackishwater fish culture stations at Pamballa and Pitipana |
| 5 Sept. | HC, UNW | Visit to Research Division (MOF), Institute of Fish Technology (MOF) |
| 6 Sept. | Saturday | |
| 7 Sept. | KHA | Sunday. Travel from Trivandrum, India to Colombo |
| 8 Sept. | All Mission members | Travel from Colombo to Udawalawe. Visit to the new Fresh Water Fish Breeding and Research Station and to the old Fresh Water Fisheries Station. Discussions concerning Murutawela Fisheries Station |
| 9 Sept. | All Mission members | Travel from Udawalawe, via Beragalla (Haputale) to Colombo. Visit to fish landing centre at Udawalawe Reservoir and to fisheries station at Beragala |
| 10 Sept. | UNW All Mission members | Visit to Institute of Fish Technology Briefing given to the Director of Inland Fisheries Development on conclusions and preliminary recommendations for the five stations visited by Mission members |
| 11 Sept. | JK | Travel from Colombo to New Delhi |
| 12 Sept. | KHA, HC UNW | Visit to University of Colombo Interview with Deputy Representative of the WFP |
| 13–14 Sept. | Saturday/Sunday | |
| 15 Sept. | KHA, HC | Visit to Research Division (MOF). Visit to Macrobrachium farm (Lever Brothers, Ceylon, Limited) |
| 16 Sept. | HC, UNW HC | Visit to Scancey Trading Co. Ltd. Visit to Eel Farm (Coral Sea Co.) |
| 17 Sept. | KHA, HC | Travel from Colombo to Anuradaphura. Visit the Puttalam lagoon, Thabbowa tank (fresh water cage culture); Rajanganga reservoir (site proposed for new fish culture station) |
| 18 Sept. | KHA, HC | Travel from Anuradhapura, via Mannar, to Jaffna. Visit: abandoned brackishwater farm Mannar Island; milkfish fry collection centre |
| 19 Sept. | KHA, HC | Visit to fish market. Inspected fish culture sites in the area, including Thon Dai Mannar lagoon. Visit to University of Jaffna |
| 20 Sept. | KHA, HC | Saturday. Travel from Jaffna, via Paddaviya, to Anuradhapura. Visits to Elephant Pass salterns, Korikkad lagoon, Hayara lagoon, Kokkilai lagoon, Paddaviya Fresh Water Fish Culture Station |
| 21 Sept. | KHA, HC | Sunday. Travel from Anuradhapura to Colombo |
| 22 Sept. | Report preparation | |
| 23 Sept. | Sri Lankan public holiday | |
| 24 Sept. | KHA, HC, UNW | Travel from Colombo, via Galle, to Tissamaharama. Visits to: Panapitiya Fisheries Station, proposed sites for mariculture activities, and Koggala tank (site of fresh water cage culture experiments) |
| 25 Sept. | KHA, HC, UNW | Travel from Tissamaharama, via Matara, to Colombo. Visits to: Bundala salt works (site of milkfish culture experiments), Hambantota District administration, two farmers, applicants for pond construction subsidy |
| 26 Sept. | Report preparation | |
| 27 Sept. | Saturday. Visit to cage culture experiments at Negombo | |
| 28 Sept. | Sunday | |
| 29 Sept. | KHA, HC, UNW | Travel from Colombo to Polonnaruwa. Visits to: Rambodagalla fisheries station, site for new fish culture station at Dambulla Oya, Polonnaruwa fish culture station and to a private fish farmer at Polonnaruwa |
| 30 Sept. | KHA, HC, UNW | Travel from Polonnaruwa, via Trincomalee, to Habarana. Visits to: fish landings at Parakrama Samudra, two seasonal tanks stocked under the experimental stocking programme, and seaweed merchant at Koddiyer Bay, Trincomalee |
| 1 Oct. | KHA, HC, UNW | Travel from Habarana, via Polonnaruwa, to Batticaloa. Visits to private shrimp culture farm at Batticaloa, possible sites for shrimp hatchery and site for cage culture experiments |
| 2 Oct. | KHA, HC, UNW | Travel from Batticaloa, via Inginiyagala, to Nuwara Eliya. Visit to Inginiyagala fish culture station |
| 3 Oct. | KHA, HC, UNW | Travel from Nuwara Eliya, via Ginigathena, to Colombo. Visits to two fish culture stations at Nuwara Eliya, site for cage culture experiments at Nuwara Eliya, and fish culture station at Ginigathena |
| 4–5 Oct. | Saturday/Sunday | |
| 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Oct. | KHA, HC, UNW | Report drafting |
| 11–12 Oct. | Saturday/Sunday | |
| 13 Oct. | KHA, HC, UNW | Report drafting |
| 14 Oct. | IS | Travel from Rome to Colombo |
| 15 Oct. | KHA, HC, UNW | Report drafting |
| 16 Oct. | TVRP JK | Arrival Colombo. Briefing of TVRP and IS on Mission observations and conclusions Travel from New Delhi to Colombo |
| 17 Oct. | All Mission members | Briefing of officials of the MOF on Mission conclusions and recommendations |
| 18 Oct. | KHA, JK | Travel: Colombo/Negombo/Colombo. Visit to brackish-water station at Pitipana |
| 19 Oct. | JK, TVRP, IS | Travel from Colombo, via Anuradhapura, to Batticaloa. Visits to private shrimp farm in Batticaloa, proposed site for fish culture station in southwest Anuradhapura, and to the Polonnaruwa fish culture station |
| 20 Oct. | JK, TVRP, IS | Travel from Batticaloa to Colombo |
| 21 Oct. | All Mission members TVRP, UNW | Discussion of draft project document on “Aquaculture Development and Training” with MOF officials. Discussions with the FAO Representative and UNDP Resident Representative. Discussions with the Minister of Fisheries |
| 22 Oct. | JK TVRP | Travel from Colombo to Anuradhapura. Visit to the Nachaduwa tank, Nuwara Wewa tank and Manakandrawa tank. Travel from Colombo to Rome |
| 23 Oct. | HC JK | Travel from Colombo to Rome. Travel from Anuradhapura, via Eppawala, to Dambulla Visits to the Kalawewa tank, Bulnewa Village Fisheries Project, Dambulla |
| 24 Oct. | UNW JK | Visit to the Cey-Nor Development Foundation and the Office of the World Bank. Travel from Dambulla to Polonnaruwa. Visit to Fresh Water Fish Breeding and Experimental Station in Polonnaruwa |
| 25 Oct. | JK | Travel from Polonnaruwa, via Inginiyagala, to Colombo. Visit to the Fresh Water Fish Breeding and Experimental Station at Inginiyagala |
| 26 Oct. | Sunday | |
| 27 Oct. | UNW, KHA, JK JK, UNW | Meeting with MOF officials to review JK's findings Visit to the Mahawelli Development Board |
| 28 Oct. | JK KHA, UNW | Travel from Colombo to Madras Meetings with French aquaculture mission and MOF officials |
| 29 Oct. | UNW JK | Visit to the British Ceylon Corporation Limited and the Ceylon Electricity Board Visit to the Brackishwater farms in Madras |
| 30 Oct. | KHA, UNW JK | Travel: Colombo-Udawalawe-Colombo Visit the Fresh Water Fish Breeding and Research Station. Travel from Madras to Rome |
| 31 Oct. | KHA, UNW | Final briefing with the FAO Representative on the Mission's conclusions and recommendations. Briefing of MOF officials on arrangements to be made at Udawalawe station for the UNDP/FAO aquaculture project. Final briefing of UNDP Resident Representative on preparation for the UNDP/FAO aquaculture project |
| 1 Nov. | KHA, UNW | Delivery of draft project document for “Aquaculture Development and Training” to MOF, FAO and UNDP |
| 2 Nov. | KHA, UNW | Travel from Colombo to Trivandrum (India). |
