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PMU participates in IW-LEARN 10

Two representatives from the Project Management Unit of the REBYC III and EAF4SG projects attended the Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters (IW) Conference 10, which took place from in Uruguay from 23-26 September 2024. The GEF International Waters Conference is a biennial landmark event bringing together the International Waters portfolio and GEF implementing and […]

Guyana and Suriname to host workshop and training course on gear technology

The Guyana and Suriname Fisheries Divisions of the Ministry of Agriculture (Guyana) and the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (Ministerie van LVV – Suriname) respectively, will each host a workshop and training course on gear technology. The workshop will be held in Suriname from 2-6 December 2024 and in Guyana from 9-13 December 2024. […]

Fisheries statistics and data analysis training

As part of its mandate to improve the capacity of regional fisheries mechanisms in the Caribbean, the enhancing capacity for the adoption and implementation of Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) in the shrimp and groundfish fisheries of the North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (EAF4SG) project is supporting a workshop on fisheries statistics and data […]

Trinidad & Tobago Fisheries Division trained in gear technology

The Trinidad and Tobago (TT) Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land andFisheries held a workshop and training course on gear technology from 30 September – 4October 2024 as part of the REBYC – III CLME+ project. The workshop and training course, which was conducted by Dr. Antonello Sala, Lead TechnicalCoordinator, Component I, REBYC-III […]

Barbados hosts workshop and training course on gear technology

The Barbados Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy held a workshop and training course on gear technology from 23-27 September 2024 as part of the REBYC – III CLME+ project. The workshop and training course, which was conducted by Dr. Antonello Sala, Lead Technical Coordinator, Component I, […]

REBYC-III TPC participates in workshop to support sustainable fishing activities in TT

On 6 September 2024, Ms. Nerissa Lucky, Technical and Project Coordinator (TPC), REBYC-III CLME+ project, participated in a workshop held by the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with Ecolibrium, Inc and Future Fishers. The workshop was held in at the Toco Regional Complex and […]

UWI and FAO Team Up to Enhance Fisheries Management in Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname

Regional fisheries livelihoods, income and export earnings that provide food security and nutrition and contribute to poverty reduction are under threat due to critical barriers, management and policy gaps in the industry. This includes overfishing, bycatch and discards, data limitations regarding the status of exploited species and fisheries value chains that undermine the sustainability of […]

The UWI and FAO Launch Regional Project to Tackle Fisheries Bycatch 

Participants at the REBYC-III CLME+ Project Inception Workshop and first meeting of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) held from January 22-23, 2024, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Photo courtesy UWI FFA.

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA) together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched a project entitled “Strategies, technologies, and social solutions to manage bycatch in tropical Large Marine Ecosystem Fisheries (REBYC-III CLME+)” on January 22, 2024, at the Hilton Trinidad and […]

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