WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/9
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WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/9 Boatbuilding Materials for Small-Scale Fisheries in India |
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Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Funding Agency: SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Development of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal Madras, India, October 1980 |
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This paper summaries a study on the availability and prices of materials used to construct the hulls of fishing craft for the important small-scale fisheries of the East Coast of India. The paper should be of interest to development planners, legislators and administrators. Builders of fishing craft, suppliers of materials, and owners and prospective owners of fishing craft may also find useful the information on trends in prices and availability of boatbuilding materials and the possibilities of alternative materials. The study covered the following boatbuilding materials: timber for kattumarams and boats; fibre-reinforced plastics; ferrocement; steel; and aluminium, which is used forsheathing wooden hulls and is also a construction material in its own right. The study was carried out by Matsyasagar Consultancy Services Private Limited under contract to the Programme for the Development of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal, GCP/RAS/040/SWE (usually abbreviated to the Bay of Bengal Programme). The Programme is executed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA). The main aims of the Bay of Bengal Programme are to develop and demonstrate technologies by which the conditions of small-scale fishermen and the supply of fish from the small-scale sector may be improved, in five of the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal — Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. |
PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. TIMBER
3. BOATBUILDING MATERIALS OTHER THAN WOOD
3.1 PLYWOOD
3.2 STEEL
3.3 FRP
3.4 FERROCEMENT
3.5 ALUMINIUM ALLOY
3.6 LAMINATED TIMBER
4. CHOICE OF MATERIAL: SHORT AND LONG-TERM CONSIDERATIONS
5. COST COMPARISONS FOR BOATBUILDING MATERIALS
6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX: COST TRENDS IN BOATBUILDING MATERIALS
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