This report summarizes the activities, plans, policies, interests and issues on fisheries research and development of various AID bureaus, to assist the Office of Science and Technology/Agriculture (S&T/AGR) and other segments of the Agency in planning its fisheries strategy and program. Several trends are apparent in the kinds of fisheries projects supported by USAID: (1) There are now fewer projects supporting the growth of offshore fishing fleets, since most oceanic stocks of fish are fully or over-exploited, (2) there is less emphasis on increasing the capacity of inshore fisheries to increase catches, for the same conservation reasons. There is more emphasis on providing facilities for handling and selling the catch, and integrating coastal fisheries with agriculture and rural development projects. (3) There is a marked increase in support for agriculture and (4) there is substantially more emphasis on environmental protection and conservation of aquatic resources.