Report of Investigations to Improve the Kattumarams of India East Coast - BOBP/REP/17
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This report gives an account of the various efforts made by the small-scale fisheries project of the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) to improve the economic performance of fishing kattumarams within the constraints set by social and economic considerations outlined in the text. A wide spectrum of possibilities has been investigated and some of them have been tried out in physical trials. Many of the ideas put forward during the course of the work were however discarded as nonviable after consul tations with experts in different disciplines. During the work the best available experts have been engaged and consulted. They include, besides BOBP staff, counterparts and fishermen, Messrs P. Gurtner and J. Fyson of the FAO Fishery Industries Division; Mr. G. Eddie, fishery engineering consultant, UK; Mr. J. McKillop, sail manufacturer, UK; Mr. G. Gowing, surf-crossing expert, Australia; and Mr. O. Gulbrandsen, naval architect, Norway. But the responsibility for opinions, errors or misjudge ments in this report rests entirely with the BOBP. Parallel with the attempts to improve the kattumarams, extensive work was undertaken to develop motorized beachlanding craft. It is referred to in this report but the full account of these activities is given in other BOBP reports and working papers.