This first semi-annual report concerns the activities of the Auburn University Contract, Task Order No. 8, Contract AID/csd-2270, during the period June 16, 1972 through December 16, 1972. Chief of Party, Leonard Lovshin representing the International Center for Aquaculture, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil on June 16, 1972 to begin a two-year tour of duty working as a consulting fishery biologist within the Convenio, DPAN, a branch of DNOCS.