Project for Extension of the Facilities at Mindelo Fish Port

OUTLINE OF THE PROJECT

Cabo Verde, an island country off the west coast of Africa, has little farmland, and fisheries support both its food supply and foreign exchange earnings. The fishing base (CPCI) in Mindelo on Sao Vicente Island had been developed with earlier Japanese grant aid, but rising demand for ice from fishing boats and the shutdown of ice-making facilities at a nearby public corporation caused severe ice shortages, and fishing boats missed opportunities to go out to sea. This project built new ice-making and ice storage facilities at the CPCI and renovated the existing ones, with the plan of increasing the annual ice supply to fishing boats from 1,889 tons to 4,067 tons, aiming to improve the freshness of catches and increase fishing income.