Appendix 9
TENTATIVE APPRAISAL OF SHRIMP FARMING

1. Purpose of Analysis

Intensive shrimp farming (monoculture) is not very well developed in the Mediterranean; and all commercial attempts have failed. The main factor seems to be the low temperature of the Mediterranean, which does not allow two crops per year. Due to the lack of data in Syria, two hypotheses are reviewed: one crop, if temperature in winter remains under 20°C during more than 2 months, and two crops, if temperature is favourable. Calculations are made for a 50 ha farm.

2. Management Scheme

The farm consists of 25 grow-out ponds, rectangular in shape (200 × 100 × 1.5 m). Ponds are built on a clay area, then covered with a 0.2 m thick sandy layer, in which draining-pipes are laid. At the intake end, a net enclosure is used as a nursery during the first month. Water change is one-third every day. Post-larvae (20 days after the last metamorphosis) are provided from a hatchery, which may or may not exist at the growout farm. Feed consists of pellets, very rich in proteins and stable in water distributed twice daily. The species used in this appraisal is Penaeus japonicus, which seems to be the most interesting species.

3. Inputs

Costs of pond construction are much higher than those for usual fish ponds, because of the bottom construction (sand and drainage). The pumping station is more expensive; water change requires a 2 000 1/sec pumping capacity, instead of 1 000 1/sec. Running costs are very high; expenditure for feed depends on the basic costs (£S 3–4/kg for ingredients and £S 1–1.5 for processing) and the conversion index (3.5, which is used in very good conditions). Costs of fry provided from a hatchery (either local or foreign) are also important: they could be reduced, if shrimp farming could be developed, or if a fish hatchery could be used for shrimp post-larvae production.

4. Output

With a 30% survival rate, production is estimated at 1.5 t/ha/cycle (average-weight: 25–30); if two cycles per year are possible: 3 t/ha/year.

5. Returns

The revenue generated with one or two cycles per year is calculated with a price at the farm-gate of £S 50/kg giving £S 70–80 on the retail market. Comparing gross revenue and costs, it is evident that this type of farming depends on the possibility of producing during the whole year; trials and attempts are necessary to check if this possibility exists in Syria.

6. Conclusion

Shrimp farming presents too many problems to be recommended, e.g.,

• costs of investments (£S 77 500 or 155 000/t of yearly production instead of £S 35 000–40 000/t for intensive fish farming);

• lack of technical and economic knowledge, especially on artificial feed (Syria has no other possibilities - fish wastes, trash-fish, shell fish, etc.)

• uncertain profitability.

In fact, shrimp farming is not yet a commercial venture in the Mediterranean; and even if Syria were selected as a favourable country for such a production, many years of experiments should be necessary before the implementation of a commercial farm.

Table 1

POND CONSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED INVESTMENT

Table 2

REQUIREMENTS AND COSTS OF PERSONNEL

Table 3

COMPARISON BETWEEN ONE-CROP AND 2–CROP ANNUAL
PRODUCTION

Appendix 10
FACILITIES AND COSTS OF OPERATION FOR A MARINE FISH HATCHERY

1. Introduction

The development of intensive marine fish-farming, as outlined in this report, will depend on the adequate and timely supply of fingerlings, in particular of sea-bass. While it is possible to collect fingerlings of mullets and perhaps also of sparids in the wild, this is not so for sea-basses in Syria. They need to be spawned and reared in a hatchery. The effort needed to make sea-bass fingerlings available constitutes a major cost of the proposed intensive fish-farming project.

In this Appendix, the Mission identifies the components of two marine hatcheries designed to produce 500 000 and 2 000 000 fingerlings per year. It then estimates the cost of operating such hatcheries. However, in order to conform with the scale of operations foreseen in the intensive fish-farming project, the costing is made delivering only the quantities needed by the project.

2. Facilities

The facilities below should be sufficient to produce 500 000 or 2 000 000 fingerlings (2 g) in a one-year period.

2.1 Spawners

Average total weight of gravid female spawners needed to yield the above number of eggs:

Considering the percent of success in hypothisation and taking into account the lack of know-how at the beginning, the following figures are proposed:

• for 500 000 fingerlings: 60 females
• for 2 000 000 fingerlings:200 females

and with a male/female ratio of ⅓:

• for 500 000 fingerlings: 80 breeders = 100 kg
• for 2 000 000 fingerlings:270 breeders = 400 kg

These spawners could be provided by catching from the wild or by farming. They need tanks or raceways, for keeping and then for spawning.

At 4 kg/m³, the volumes required for maintaining spawners are respectively 25 and 100 m³; 12 m³ circular tanks could be used (respectively 2 and 8). The tanks could be built inside a greenhouse, either separate (large hatchery), or with the hatchery.

2.2 Hatchery Facilities

2.2.1 Hatchery technologies

2.2.1.1 Spawning

Spawners are caught during the breeding season (December-February for sea-bass). After a hormonal injection, they are kept in a spawning tank until they spawn, either naturally or by stripping. Eggs, once fertilized, are held in larval rearing tanks; one female (1.15 kg) can spawn about 200 000 living eggs, of which 60–90% will hatch about 48 h after spawning at a temperature of 16–18°C).

2.2.1.2 Larvae rearing

For 5 or 6 days, larvae will feed on their own reserves. Then, they start to feed on diets: living, dead then artificial diets. Progressively, water change will be increased from 0 to 1/day. After 60 days, they reach a weight of 200–250 mg, and they are transferred to rearing tanks.

Mortality is very high during this phase, especially after 30–35 days. Usual survival rates are between 10 and 50% or more.

2.2.1.3 Plankton Culture

Larvae feeding requires different types of living prey adapted to the size of their mouths during the first 6 or 7 weeks: rotifers, copepods and crustaceans (Artemia salina). Rotifers and copepods are reared in tanks, with filtered and heated water (24°–28°C). They feed on phytoplankton algae, which are cultivated in small or large tanks (100 l to 5 or 7 m³), near the zooplankton culture area. Strains are usually monospecific, and kept in a store-room. Artemia salina are reared from eggs (dry eggs, available from salt-pans or by importation) to nauplii or metanauplii size in tanks, where they feed on phytoplankton.

2.2.2 Hatchery facilities

Hatchery facilities will include:

• one building; for a small hatchery, a greenhouse is enough, for a large one, a light structure could be utilized;

• 1 or 2 spawning tanks (12 m³);

• larvae rearing tanks (diameter 2.5 m volume = 3 m³;

• phytoplankton and zooplankton tanks;

• a recirculation unit (pumps, biofilter, store-tank, filters and sterilization.

Such facilities are detailed for the 2 sizes under review.

2.3 Fry Rearing Facilities

2.3.1 Fry rearing technologies

After 60 days, the fry is similar in shape to an adult fish, but is still too weak to be transferred directly to the rearing pond; it has to be grown to a 2 g size.

The fry is held in small tanks with a continuous water flow; water change is increased until 1 change per hour at the end of this phase. Density will vary between 1 and 2 or 2.5 kg/m³.

The fry feeds on artificial diets which can be distributed either by hand, or by automatic feeders. If the temperature is maintained above 22°C, this phase can be reduced to two months. In order to spare energy, water will be recirculated at a rate of 90%.

2.3.2 Fry rearing facilities

They will include:

• a large greenhouse, in order to maintain the air temperature above 22°C and to reduce the loss of calories from water;

• polyester raceways (6 × 1 × 0.8 m);

• automatic feeders;

• a recirculation unit, for water (oxygenation, decantation, biofiltration).

2.4 Other Facilities

In a large hatchery, two other buildings are required:

• one including offices, laboratory, and personnel rooms;

• a second one for pumps, air-blowers, store-rooms, etc.

In conclusion, buildings required for the two hatcheries are the follows:

• for 2 000 000 fingerlings:

  - office and laboratory:	400 m2 × £S 600	£S 240 000
  - store-rooms and pumping
  station:	4 000 m2 × £S 550	£S 220 000
  - hatchery	1 000 m2 × £S 550	£S 550 000
  	Total building	£S 1 010 000

  - greenhouse for spawner ponds 1 000 m²

  - greenhouse for fry rearing tanks 1 000m²

  Total greenhouse 2 000 m² × £S 125 = £S 250 000

• for 500 000 fingerlings:

  - office, laboratory, store-room 200 m² × £S 550 = £S 110 000

  - greenhouse for hatchery and fry rearing tanks 800 m² × £S 125 = £S 100 000

3. Cost of Running a Hatchery Designed to Produce 500 000 or 2 Million Fingerlings a Year

As presented above, temperature is a very important factor; therefore, it is proposed to use a source of cheap calories, for example the heated effluents of Baniyas power station (see Appendix 14). In this case, calories will be exchanged from the effluent to the water used for hatchery and fry rearing tanks, through a large exchanger (1 000 000 kcal/h for a large hatchery). Water temperature will be increased until 22°C for specific use with higher temperatures, heaters (small hatchery) or “pompe à chaleur” will be used.

If no source of cheap calories could be available, classic heating systems should be used: cost of investments should remain at the same level, but cost of energy in running costs should be doubled or more.

The proposed personnel are detailed below; feed costs consist of Artemia salina cysts for larvae rearing, and artificial diets for fry-rearing. All the other types of feed are produced in the hatchery.

Fixed costs are high, 65–75% of the total (personnel, interest and depreciation). Thus, it is absolutely essential to keep the hatchery producing at, or near, its designed capacity. If this is not done, the fingerlings will become prohibitively expensive.

Investments required for sea-bass hatcheries
designed to produce 500.000 fingerlings
or 2.000.000 fingerlings a year

1) : Part of buildings or greenhouse could differ in each project.

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR A SEA-BASS HATCHERY

Requirements and costs of personnel for sea-bass hatcheries

LARVAL FEEDING SCHEME

Annual running costs for seabass hatcheries designed to
produce 500.000 and 2.000.000 fingerlings per year

Cost of production per fingerling (in Syrian Pounds)

Appendix 11
PROCEDURE FOR RANKING THE CONTRIBUTION OF AQUACULTURE
SYSTEMS TO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

(ADCP/MR/81/15)

1. Nature of the Problem

In its attempt to appraise aquaculture systems and their contribution to the Government's development objectives, the Mission is faced with the problem of appraising several culture systems, from several points of view, simultaneously.

The problem is illustrated in Tables 14, 15 and 16 (on the main text). Table 14 will be studied as an example. It shows how the culture systems contribute to give Government development objectives: (1) increase in local fish supply; (2) improvement in foreign exchange; (3) creation of employment; (4) use of under-utilized natural resources. The Mission has expressed the degree of contribution by each culture system in a qualitative fashion (large, medium, small, etc.). The problem is how should these qualitative judgements be added up in order to establish the “total” contribution of any particular aquaculture system? The Mission is confronted with the same problem when attempting to appraise systematically the magnitude of Government inputs (in Table 15) and risks (in Table 16).

2. Constraints to Solutions

The problems considered here are “political” in nature. The evaluation of the relative importance of development objectives will not continue to reflect Government preferences as these change. It must be therefore possible for the Government to remake the analysis on the basis of its values (for resources use, risks and/or development achievements), when it so desires. This fact imposes two immediate constraints on any solutions to the two problems outlined above. First, the methodology must be easy to understand for those who should base their decisions upon its result. Second, it must be easy to use the methodology.

3. Proposed Procedures

The Mission has proceeded as follows in order to rank the culture systems in Tables 14, 15 and 16.

1. The contribution to each development objective, use of each Government resource, and exposure to each type of risk has been appraised quantitatively or qualitatively, for each culture system (each occupying one line in the tables).

2. Each qualitative and quantitative appraisal has been given a numerical value, i.e., 1, 2 or 3.

3. The columns (in each of the tables) have been assigned numerical values reflecting their relative importance.

4. The “column” values have been multiplied with “line” values, to obtain a combined value that reflects, e.g., not only the extent of the use of a particular resource but also the importance of the use of that resource compared to the use of other resources.

5. The values for each culture system (“line”) have been added up to obtain a total.

6. Each culture system has been classified as either “high”, “medium” or “low” (for each of Tables 14, 15, 16) and these summary qualitative judgements entered into Table 17.

Table 17 thus, is a summary of Tables 14, 15 and 16. To that summary have been added two columns reflecting the Mission's views on the expected economic viability of the culture systems. An inspection of Table 5 will show some culture systems, as perhaps, “better” than others. However, the conclusions that can be drawn from an inspection of the table are not clear and would most likely vary from person to person.

In order to arrive at a more definite ranking steps (ii) through (iv) of the procedure outlined above for Tables 14, 15, 16 are repeated. For step (ii) the following values were used:

Expected economic viability was classified into one of three situations. Each situation was given a value, from high to low: 2; 1; 0. If it was found likely that the economic viability of culture systems would improve during the 1980s it was given a value of 1; if no change, a value of 0.

For step (iii) the following values were used:

Step (iv) gives the following table:

The last column of the above table gives the totals for the culture systems, step (v) above. The last step (vi) then consists in appraising the result. Four culture systems have “totals” from 9 to 12. The Mission has classified them as priority, while the system with total below zero has not been included in the initial development plan.

LIST AND COSTS OF EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

Appendix 12
NATIONAL MARINE AQUACULTURE CENTRE INVESTMENT REQUIRED (PHASE 2)

Appendix 13
NATIONAL MARINE AQUACULTURE CENTRE
RUNNING COSTS (TWO YEARS)

Appendix 14
BANIYAS ELECTRIC POWER STATION

The Baniyas power station is a classic fuel station, and will include 4 units in the future. The two first units of 170 MWatts are under construction and are scheduled for completion by the end of 1982.

The capacity of each pumping station (one by unit) is 17 500 m³/h and the increase of temperature between the intake and the out-take will range from 9°C in winter to 12°C in summer. Water will be chlorinated in order to prevent settlement of organisms, but chlorine level at the out-take will be maintained very low.

This power station will be used as a basic station; a flat area exists near the out-take and could be used for an aquaculture farm.

Appendix 15
National Aquaculture Center

Appendix 16

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Project of the Government of

SYRIA

Project Document

Title: Marine Aquaculture Development and training
Number: SYR/82/
Duration: 27 months
Primary function: Direct support (1-0)
Secondary function: Training
Sector: (Government class.)                                (UNDP class. and code) 05 Agriculture
Sub-sector: (Government class.)                             (UNDP class. and code) 0530 Fisheries
Government Implementing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Syria
Executing Agency: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Estimated starting date: April 1983

PART I. LEGAL CONTEXT

This Project Document shall be the instrument referred to as such in Article 1, paragraph 2 of the Agreement between the Government of Syria and the United Nations Development Programme concerning assistance under the Special Fund Sector of the UNDP, signed by all parties concerned on 12 December 1962.

PART II. THE PROJECT

II.A. Development objectives

To assist the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform to increase the production of marine fish.

To ensure moderate prices for fresh marine fish, and to decrease the present amount of imported fish.

Through on-the-job and abroad training to build up a cadre of knowledge fish culturists, experienced in the technology used to produce and distribute fingerlings for rearing in fish farms.

To adapt foreign technologies to local syrian species and environmental conditions.

II.B Immediate objectives

To establish a National Marine Aquaculture Centre, in Latakia at which Government staff and potential fish farms will be trained in the technology of marine fish hatchery and culture, and at which pilot-activities will be conducted to develop the know-how required to demonstrate commercial marine fish farming, in raceways and in ponds.

To ensure the production of fingerlings of 2 or 3 marine species, for first fish farming activities.

To start a local survey of breeders and juveniles of suitable fish for farming.

To develop adequate feeds, using local ingredients, and adopted to the selected species.

To train national personnel in marine aquaculture: brood-stock, collecting and maintenance, fry capture/transport, hatchery operations, fry rearing, fish rearing, feed preparation, etc.

II.C Special considerations

None

II.D Background and justification

Data for 1980 showed fish production in the Syrian Arab Republic to be approximately 4000 t., of which 2600 from the freshwater fisheries, about 1050 t. from freshwater aquaculture and 350 t. only from marine fisheries. Imports of fresh or frozen fish were 5440 t. of which 4717 t. are marine species.

Average national consumption of fresh fish is thus calculated as 1.05 kg per caput per year, which is the lowest consumption of fish all around the Mediterranean, and one of the lowest among the Arab countries. No detailed studies exist on regional consumption, but it appears that fresh marine fish is available only along the coast, and frozen marine fish in Damascus market or in restaurants.

So worked potential for fresh marine fish can be assessed in a first analysis, to reach 5000 t.; thus the demand for marine fish is high and offers good opportunities for fish farming from the market point of view, because of the natural limitation of marine fisheries.

Analysing the economic, physical and hydrological conditions of the Mediterranean coast, it appeared that the Syrian coast in suitable for intensive on-shore methods of aquaculture, in several sites, the main features are the following:

• relative low primary production, and absence of protected areas (lagoons, closed hays) avoid extensive or semi-intensive methods (enclosures, molluses culture), and such intensive methods as cage culture;
• moderate costs of energy and high prices of marine fish supports the recommendation for intensive on-shore fish farming methods;
• temperature of the sea is favourable with a low range of variation throughout the year, and several months above 20°C.

After a two-week survey of marine aquaculture possibilities in Syria, carried out by a TCP project mission, it was concluded that the best way to develop a marine aquaculture activity was to start with a Pilot-Fish-Farming Project sponsored by the Government, with an external technical and financial assistance.

The species selected for farming are sea-bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and sea-breams (Sparus aurata, Diplodus sargus) during the next fex years, because:

• they are high-prized fish fetching high market price (30–60 L.S./kg);
• knowledge in farming those species is sufficient;
• fry can presumably be caught from the wild (sea-bream) or imported (sea-bass), allowing on growing trials to begin and meanwhile a pilot hatchery for controlled breeding can be set up.

Mullets and siganids are also recommended, as they are herbivorous or detrivorous fish (thus being less costly to produce), in a second phase of development.

All the foodstuff (except barley) necessary for the animal feed industry are imported. It is advised to start during the first two years with imported feeds in the form of ready-to-use pellets, dealing in the same time with local processing trials of such pellets.

Consequently, it is proposed to establish a well planned fish breeding rearing pilot production complex (to be known as the National Marine Aquaculture Centre) in Latakia near the new Oceanographic Centre. Pending this, it is proposed to assist the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform to launch this programme from 1983. This will be done by two ways: first by providing essential facilities for controlled fry production of different species of marine fish, for rearing fingerlings up to the commercial size, and for fish feed production trials; second by training national personnel.

The project will thus provide the Government with trained manpower, fish fingerlings, and the technico-economical datas and organization essential to achive a rapid increase in production of quality marine fish.

II.E Outputs

The project will produce the following outputs:

National Marine Aquaculture Centre: this centre will have been established during the project, in liaison with the General Establishment of Fisheries and the Oceanographic Centre.

Fish production: Project personnel will produce fingerlings at the Centre. By the end of 1984, about 100.000 marine fingerlings should be available. One year later, 300 000 fingerlings should have been produced, and the Organisations, essential to achieve a production of 2 millions fingerlings per year should be provided.

All the fingerlings will be reared, during the two first years, in raceways and ponds situated near the hatchery. A 5T production of fish is expected at the end of June 1985. Two years, after, the production should have reached 50 T, and technical or economical datas should be sufficient, to prepare a commercial development programme.

Trained manpower: The project will produce trained personnel of several categories. Three senior aquaculturists (having a knowledge in hatchery, rearing or feed preparation technologies) will be trained through scolarships at the other Mediterranean Centres, in liaison with MEDRAP project, and through on the job training at the Latakia Centre. Eight technicians and labourers will have been trained in all aspects of fish hatchery or fish culture, at the Latakia Centre.

II.F Activities

The General Establishment of Fisheries will sign an agreement with the Oceanographic Centre, on the use of land adjacent to the Centre. This land is presently included in the Centre properties. As and when the agreement has been signed the project will assist in providing expertise to prepare the design and construction

A group of three national aquaculturists will act as direct counterparts to the senior adviser provided by UNDP/FAO. The three individuals will already have some familiarity with hydro-biology, fisheries, or aquaculture and be technical men. One of them will be designated as Project Manager and will be in overall charge of the Aquaculture Centre. All three will receive nine months' training at another Mediterranean Aquaculture Centre, one will be sent abroad each year.

Three Categories of individuals will be given training durint the Project: those now referred to as “aquaculturists”, technicians and students. Aquaculturists and technicians will undergo “on-the-job” training for periods of 1 year at a time, working with the Senior Adviser and consultants. Students will stay for a six months period, including the breeding seasons, after an agreement has been signed with the Oceanographic Centre. In addition, private farmers or GEF workers will come, receiving training during 6 to 9 months.

Within three months of the Project start, the following investigations should have been carried out:

• topographical survey
• soil survey
• determination of the source of water for the station and tidal variations
• other tests as might be determined by the Senior Adviser.

1. Preparatory activities to be initiated before June 1983

II.G Inputs

1. National inputs

3. Description of UNDP inputs

c) Equipment

Food processing equipment, to be provided by RAB/79/033 or other sources.

II.H Preparation of work plan

A detailed Work Plan for the implementation of the project will be prepared by the Senior Adviser in consultation with the Project Manager. This will be done at the start of the project and brought forward periodically. The agreed upon Work Plan will be attached to the Project Document as Annex 1 and will be considered part of the Document.

II.I Preparation of the framework for effective participation of national and international staff in the project

The activities necessary to produce the indicated outputs and achieve the project's immediate objective will be carried out jointly by the national and international staff assigned to it. The respective roles of the national and international staff will be determined by their leaders, by mutual discussion and agreement, at the beginning of the project, and set out in a framework and Effective Participation of National and International Staff in the Project. The framework, which will be attached to the Project Document as an Annex, will be reviewed from time to time. The respective roles of the national and international staff shall be in accordance with the established concept and specific purposes of technical cooperation.

II.J Development support communication

National staff will be responsible for distribution of information, for men training, extension services, etc…

II.K Institutional framework

The Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform will be the Government's implementing agency, through the General Establishment of Fisheries in Jeble which is in charge of fisheries and aquaculture, both in fresh and marine water. The Latakia Oceanographic Centre site has been selected as the Project site for the following reasons:

• within a couple of months, the Oceanographic Centre now available at the site can be arranged to house scientists in marine sciences
• it is the only marine laboratory in Syria, equiped for biology and physicos-chemistry
• the adjacent land was acquired for expansion and is available for the implementation of ponds, raceways, hatchery
• it is situated in Lattakia, where the Marine Branch of G.E.F. has its headquarters.

During the first years, the station will be used as a pilot-station, for production of fry, and growing to commercial size. After 3 or 4 years, it could be either extented in order to reach a commercial-scale size, or reconditioned to become a research station, under the responsibility of the Oceanographic Centre.

II.L Prior obligations

First: The Ministry of Agriculture should sign an agreement with the Oceanographic Centre of Latakia on the use of land, the scientific activities to be carried out and the cooperation between the General Establishment of Fisheries and the Oceanographic Centre.

Second: The General Establishment of Fisheries should initiate preliminary activities as required above (II.F).

Third: The Government should identify the three counterpart staff (senior acquaculturists), who will work with the international project staff. One of them will be nominated to undergo training, through the FAO TCP Project TCP/SYR/0103 at another Mediterranean country.

Fourth: The Government should provide budget provisions covering its contribution in cash to the project.

The Project Document will be signed by the Resident Representative on behalf of UNDP and UNDP assistance to the Project will be provided, subject to UNDP receiving satisfaction that pre-requisites listed above have been fulfilled, or are likely to be fulfilled. When anticipated fulfilment of one or more prerequisites fails to materialize, UNDP may, at its discretion, either suspend or terminate its assistance.

II.M Future UNDP assistance

Possibly Syria will require international expertise in the fields of aquaculture and integrated marine aquaculture in order to initiate these activities at the National Marine Aquaculture Development Centre during 1985.

II.N Provision for investment follow-up

At the end of this project, staff of the General Establishment of Fisheries should be able to continue both fry production and the training activities. It should then be able to expand the marine aquaculture programme as it sees fit.

By mid-1985, the present project will provide essential data (and experience) concerning organization, credit needs and operation of hatcheries and grow out centres. Such data are essential for the preparation and appraisal of any project to be presented for external financing in support of marine fish farming programme.

PART III - SCHEDULES OF MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTS

III.A Tripartite monitoring reviews: technical reviews

The project will be subject to periodic review in accordance with the policies and procedures established by UNDP for monitoring project and programme implementation.

III.B Evaluation

The project will be subject to evaluation, in accordance with the policies and procedures established for this purpose by UNDP. The organization, terms of reference and timing of the evaluation will be decideb y consultation between the Government, UNDP and the Executing Agency concerned.

III.C Progress and technical reports

The following reports shall be prepared jointly by the Senior Adviser and his national counterpart with the assistance and support of the international and national project personnel, in the format proposed by the FAO/UNDP:

1. Quarterly report on progress of implementation of the project
2. Consolidated annual report on progress of implementation of the project
3. Draft final report on completion of the project.

III.D Budgets

BUDGET ESTIMATES - UNDP CONTRIBUTION
(in US$)

Country: Syria
Project N^o: SYR/82/
Project title: Marine aquaculture development and training.

PROJECT BUDGET COVERING GOVERNMENT COUNTERPART CONTRIBUTION IN KIND

Country: Syria
Project No: SYR/82/
Project Title: Marine Aquaculture Development and Training