Analyses of the grain marketing system and the fisheries problems and future prospects in chad. This study reviews the states of Chadian fishery production with reference to the effects of the 1971-73 drought on the abundance of fish. It describes and evaluates the marketing, conservation and preservation methods currently in use. It discusses the fishing methods used in Lake Chad and the Chari and Logone rivers and assesses the fisheries potential. It evaluates the present structure of the Chadian national fisheries service, the major infrastructural problems hindering the development of the fishery. It recommends specific AID. responses. It concludes that the major objective of any fisheries development plan should be increasing the geographical range and distribution of fish within chad. It recommends that AID. undertake a five part program which includes education and training, expatriate intervention, development of a national fisheries service, organization of fishermen through cooperatives, and development of a new fishing canoe construction method.