REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ
on
PRELIMINARY FISHERY SURVEY
on
PRELIMINARY FISHERY SURVEY
| UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | No. TA 2226 |
| REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ on PRELIMINARY FISHERY SURVEY |
Based on the work
of
Björn Andersskog
FAO/ TA Fisheries Adviser
FAO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE) REPORTS ON FISHERIES
This document is Report No. TA 2226 in the series of FAO reports produced under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Since 1 January 1966, reports produced under the former Expanded Program of Technical Assistance (EPTA) have appeared in the UNDP (TA) series. The numbering of reports in the UNDP (TA) series is unbroken and follows consecutively the numbering of the former EPTA series.
Since 1 January, 1962, those reports which concerned FAO technical assistance in fisheries have been numbered consecutively in a subseries within the general series. The numbering of reports in the UNDP (TA) subseries on fisheries also remains unbroken and follows consecutively the numbering of the former EPTA subseries of fisheries reports.
The present report is the one hundred and fourth report in the UNDP (TA) subseries: FAO Fish. UNDP(TA) Rep., FEe/UNDP(TA) 104.
For bibliographic purposes, this document may be cited as follows:
FAO/UN, 1966 Report to the Government of Iraq on a preliminary fishery survey. Based on the work of Björn Andersskog, FAO/TA Fishery Adviser. Rep. FAO/UNDP(TA), (TA 2226): 8 p.
At the end of his assignment, Mr. Andersskog, FAO/TA Fishery Adviser had a very constructive discussion with Dr. Ahmed Al-Dujaili, Acting Minister for Agriculture. The expert is also very grateful to many other persons who collaborated with him, offering helpful advice and assistance during his assignment, including Mr. Abdul Hadi Al-Obaidi, Director General of the Diwan, Ministry of Agriculture. He owes special gratitude to the Director of Fishery, Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim Al-Hamid and his assistant Mr. Issam Al-Malaika, and gratefully acknowledges the valuable help and guidance received from the Resident Representative of the UNDP, Mr. John B. Wood, and the Acting FAO Country Representative, Dr. Chien-Liang Pan.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
September, 1966
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Administration of the Iraqi Fishery Department
Services of a marketing expert
The Government of Iraq requested the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for an expert under the United Nations Development Program (Technical Assistance) to make a general appraisal of the fishery situation, with particular reference to problems and deficiencies of fish distribution and marketing facilities.
Mr. Björn Andersskog (Norway) was appointed Fishery Adviser. He has several years of experience in marketing of fish in his own country and in India.
He arrived in Baghdad 31 July after briefing at FAO Headquarters in Rome and at the FAO Regional Office in Cairo. The expert completed his mission after one month and left Iraq on 31 August. The expert was stationed in Baghdad, but during his assignment visited several wholesale and retail markets in other cities, made a short survey of the Gulf and went to the large lakes Habbaniya and Tharthar. The expert was also given the opportunity of visiting some fish farms, an ice-making factory, and the government dairy in Baghdad. The latter has modern equipment for cold storage, deep-freezing and several refrigerated trucks.