The goal of the Fisheries Research and Development Project is to improve the technological and management resources available to public and private entities involved in Indonesia's fisheries sector. Both are essential to increase production, employment, per capita income and efficiency. The purpose of the project is to install viable fisheries research programs at the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and key universities that will address significant regional fisheries production and marketing constraints. The project will establish a national coordinated fisheries research agenda, support research programs at the MOA and at key universities to address priority production constraints, and improve academic training.