Evaluates project to increase the productivity of managed inland fish ponds in Cameroon. PES covers the period 8/80-7/83 and is based on document review, a site visit, and interviews with fishery station personnel and farmers. Despite two revisions to set more realistic goals, the project remains behind schedule due mainly to the transfer of fishery activities from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) to the Ministry of Livestock (MOL), a long cumbersome process resulting in lack of government support, loss of efficiency, and confusion in fishery stations and extension service. The previously efficient extension system has suffered the most from the transfer. Farm visits have been limited because the MOL has not provided motorcycles as planned; moreover planned training of 45 new extensionists has not been provided and little structure or support have been given to extension agents, the latter due largely to lack of skilled higher-level personnel. The host government could not identify M.S. participants on a timely basis, and short-term participants were mostly MOA staff members, and thus not assigned to the project upon their return. Management of the three fishery stations has been very inefficient. Despite on-the-job training in aquaculture and management provided by the expatriate fishery expert, problems in fish reproduction and handling, pond care, and feeding continue. The fishery expert also established a feeding system and production, nil during 1980-81, rose significantly thereafter (in fact, because of the lack of extension efforts, a production surplus resulted, and fingerlings had to be raised to table size). Most positively, demonstrations organized by the fishery expert and his counterpart were well received by farmers and fish farmer societies are being formed by private farmers. Construction is far behind schedule, partly because new water sources have not yet been assured at two stations. The project shows that A.I.D. should not implement projects until host country administrative problems are resolved, and construction elements should be designed within the capability of the governmental structure. Eight recommendations are made.