Abstract
Many foreign fishing ports have been developed through Japan’s grant aid project, but there have been cases where problems have occurred after construction. There are many fishing ports in Japan, and experience in planning, operation, and maintenance of fishing ports has been accumulated. Effective use of this experience is expected in Japan’s grant aid project. This paper introduces new initiatives based on Japan’s experience that is being implemented for the Choiseul fishing port, Saint Lucia, where a sediment problem has occurred.
In this project, an adaptive management mechanism for monitoring and improvement works after the completion of the construction is included in the initial plan of the grant aid project. This way is expected to ensure that monitoring and improvement works are carried out effectively and efficiently and that appropriate measures against sediment transport are implemented. In addition, a structure similar to a sand bypassing system using waves and seawater flow is applied. As examples of this approach are limited in Japan, this challenge is also expected to be used as a venue for technological development.
