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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1991Vol. 61, No. 10

services study

p. 53 · Read in the full issue

Grant for Vanuatu services study

VANUATU is to get a technical assistance grant of U 55525,000 from the Asian Development Bank for a study of its inter-island shipping services. The Malaysian-based bank said the grant will help the Vanuatu Government decide on the best policy for sustainable and efficient inter-island shipping services. □ Storage inspections THE Solomon Islands Government is taking measures to ensure export of good quality fish. From August the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources required that all fish-exporting businesses have

Government-approved inplant quality

management programs. It will employ inspectors to check fishing vessels’ storage facilities, handling and holding areas, and transport vehicles. □

Deep-sea funding

A DEEP-SEA fishing project in Tuvalu funded by the US Agency for Interna tional Development is to receive U 55730,000, taking the total to U 55930,000. The project is for develop ment of bottom-fishing in the southern waters of Tuvalu. □