Shellcatch VOS pilot progressing in Barbados
The Shellcatch Virtual Observer System (VOS) pilot is progressing steadily in Barbados. To date, three cameras have been installed at strategic points aboard the vessels Natalie, Morning Glory 2, and Runaway 1, and are actively transmitting data. After several trials adjusting the camera angles, an optimal position was found that provides a sufficiently wide frame […]
Request for Proposal – Pilot Electronic Monitoring for Artisanal Gillnet Fishery REBYC III
EAF4SG and CRFM CSWG to build data managers’ capacity
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 in collaboration with the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Continental Shelf Fisheries Working Group (CSWG) will host a capacity building programme and stakeholder consultation in […]
REBYC – III and MALF to conduct Sharks and Fish Species Identification Workshop
The “Strategies, technologies, and social solutions to manage bycatch in tropical Large Marine Ecosystem Fisheries (REBYC-III CLME+),” project and the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF) in Trinidad and Tobago will conduct a Sharks and Fish Species Identification Workshop from 24-28 March 2025. The workshop which will be held at […]
Suriname hosts FPIC meeting with Galibi community
The Fisheries Department of Suriname held a Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) meeting with the Galibi indigenous community from 7-8 November 2024. The aim of the meeting was to get free, prior and informed consent from the indigenous community of Galibi for both the REBYC-III and EAF4SG projects. Participants included the representatives from the […]
EAF4SG project to conduct IMT refresher training
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 will conduct an Implementation Monitoring Tool (IMT) refresher training on 25 February 2025. The virtual training will provide stakeholders from the EAF4SG project’s participating countries […]
REBYC-III project purchases five EM units for Barbados
The “Strategies, technologies, and social solutions to manage bycatch in tropical Large Marine Ecosystem Fisheries (REBYC-III CLME+)” project has purchased five electronic monitoring (EM) units from Shellcatch Inc. to support the Barbados Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy’s Sustainable Fisheries Management and Development Regulations which was enacted […]
REBYC- III supports gear management and bycatch reduction study in TT
The “Strategies, technologies, and social solutions to manage bycatch in tropical Large Marine Ecosystem Fisheries (REBYC-III CLME+)” project is supporting a study titled “Behavioural Change and Gear Management Measures for Effective Bycatch Reduction, Trinidad and Tobago.” The study, which is being led by Dr. Sharon Hutchinson, Fisheries Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension of […]
TT to host national stakeholder meeting
The “Strategies, technologies, and social solutions to manage bycatch in tropical Large Marine Ecosystem Fisheries (REBYC-III CLME+)” project in collaboration with the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago (TT) will host a national stakeholder meeting on 16 December 2024. The meeting, which will include participants from a […]
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. […]