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Introduction of New Outrigger Canoes in Indonesia - BOBP/REP/57

Year of publication 1993

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages p. 23

Author G. Pajot and O. Gulbrandsen

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series number REP57

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report gives an account of the successful attempts to develop and introduce a new type of outrigger canoe for the benefit of small-scale fisherfolk in Nias Island, North Sumatera, Indonesia. It summarizes the activities of canoe construction, training of carpenters, demonstration and long-term fishing trials and discusses the impact and prospects for further development. The work was undertaken from late 1988 till early 1993 as a subproject under BOBP’s “Small-Scale Fisherfolk Communit ies” project GCP/RAS/118/MUL. The subproject was channelled through the Provincial Fisheries Service (PFS) of North Sumatera but was, to a very large extent, an autonomous unit in Nias with a Field Assistant, Tafonaha Gulo, as the only staff. The Boatbuilder Consultant assisting in construction of prototype canoes and training of carpenters was M Savins, from Australia.

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