Fishtech has 30 years experience in the appraisal, planning and implementation of fisheries sector, marine and natural resource development projects, encompassing the following areas:

• Policy and planning, governance and institutional strengthening
• Financial and economic analysis and business investment appraisal
• Resource management, monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS)
• Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
• Export and domestic marketing
• Extension and training
• Fleet management and fishing port development
• Vessel design and fish processing factory design work

Fishtech provides specialist recruitment, business acquisition and proposal writing services within the marine and natural resources sector. The company has a large international network of associate consultants and companies (covering a variety of disciplines) that it has successfully worked with in the past.

Fishtech is particularly aware of the need to provide clients with a well co-ordinated approach in the multi-disciplinary field of marine resources sector development. This approach is based on the application of appropriate technology linked with sound practical business and market analysis, leading to long term financially and environmentally sustainable operations.

Services provided by the company incorporate the following aspects of the project life cycle:

Project Design, Appraisal and Planning 

• Resource assessment and fisheries management
• Pre-harvest capacity, fish handling and processing
• Marketing systems and pricing policy
• Government legislation review and policy coherence 
• Institutional capacity needs assessment 
• Financial and economic analysis and risk assessment 
• Infrastructure design and rehabilitation (small-scale fisheries)
• Manpower requirements and training needs assessment
• VSmall-scale vessel operationals
• Project design, tender preparation and evaluation

Project Implementation

• Project staffing, management, administration and financial control
• Training planning, extension services and vocational training
• Value-added marketing
• Business operational management
• Resource co-management and small-scale fisheries development
• Public sector institutional strengthening and capacity building 
• Project Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)