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Acknowledgment
The mission would like to thank Mr. 'Ulungamanu Fa'anunu, Fisheries Officer and all staff of the Vava'u Fisheries Office for the arrangement and cooperation to enable this survey to be completed efficiently in a short period. Thanks also to Mr.Hiroshi Yamamoto for helping in the survey, especially on water quality analysis and underwater survey. Cordially thanks Hon.‘Akau’ola, Secretary for Fisheries, for arrangement of circular flight over the Vava'u islands group and for enabling the mission to come in touch with the Tongan culture. Thanks to all Tongan people's heartfelt hospitality, the mission thoroughly enjoyed their stay in Tonga. The mission also thanks Mr.Yasuharu Tokito, a black pearl farmer in Fiji who made consultancies through SPADP to this programme at the early stage, for a cordial welcome to his farm and for his frank discussion.
ATTACHMENT 1.
Map 1. Proposed sites for pearl farming in Vava'u islands
Map 2-1. Sites No.1 (Zone A) and No.9 (Zone C)
Map 2-2. Sites No.2 and No.3 (Zone A)
Map 2-3. Site No.4 (Zone B)
Map 2-4. Site No.5 (Zone B)
Map 2-5. Site No.6 (Zone B)
Map 2-6. Sites No.7 and No.8 (Zone A)
Map 2-7. Sites No.10 and No.11 (Zone C)
ATTACHMENT 2.
Fig. 1 Layout of a long-last pearl farming raft (long-line)
| (1) |  | Concrete blocks (5 tones) | 20 pcs |
| (2) | O | Steel rings (Æ30 cm) | 25 pcs |
| (3) | Anchor ropes (Æ25 mm, 100 m) | 20 ropes | |
| (4) | Main ropes (Æ25 mm, 50 m) | 20 ropes | |
| (5) | Frame ropes (Æ25 mm, 20 m) | 20 ropes | |
| (6) | • | Floats (Æ30 cm, 2 m distance) | 381 pcs |
| (7) |  | Floats (deep water use) | 44 pcs |
| (8) | \ | Hanging ropes (Æ 6 mm, 8 m,1 m distance) | 1,000 ropes |
ATTACHMENT 3.
Terms of References
to assess the quality of Tonga's Mabe pearl and identify its commercial potential at recommended level of processing,
to provide an update synopsis of the market and to identify likely comparative advantages/disadvantages taking into account current production in neighboring Pacific countries,
to recommend an appropriate set-up of Mabe pearl farming industry and to advise on strategy of industrialization with further requirement of government initiation,
to assess viability of establishment of Mabe pearl processing facility and to outline recommended management and operation system if it is reasonable, e.g. type of manufacturing, scale of production, number of required staff, level of labors, acquirement of processing techniques, etc.
to provide technical guidance for further improving Mabe farming method, and
to produce a report covering the above items.
