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$36m boost for local fisheries sector
Sunday, November 11, 2012 | 4:40 PM
JAMAICA’S fisheries sector is set to benefit from some US$400,000 ($36 million) in grant funding and technical support under the United Kingdom-based Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Caribbean Fish Sanctuary Partnership Initiative (C-FISH).
The initiative is a four year £2. 1 million ($302 million) project, which will support the operations of fish sanctuaries in Jamaica, Grenada, St Lucia, Dominica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Caribbean Climate Change Centre (CCCC) will spearhead the project’s implementation across the region.
Grant agreements for provisions to local stakeholders were signed during a ceremony to launch the Jamaica leg of C-FISH at the Bluefield’s Bay Fishermen’s Friendly Society headquarters in Belmont, Westmoreland on Friday.
Beneficiary stakeholders will include the Bluefields Bay Fishermen’s Friendly Society for the fish sanctuary in that area; Breds Treasure Beach Foundation in St Elizabeth for the Galleon Beach fish sanctuary; the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation for the Salt Bay, Galleon Bay, Boscobel and Three Bays fish sanctuaries in St Elizabeth, Clarendon and St Mary; and the Oracabessa Foundation for the Oracabessa fish sanctuary, also in St Mary.
Addressing the ceremony, Project Director for the grant implementing agency, CARIBSAVE Partnership, Dr Owen Day, explained that Jamaica was selected as the main beneficiary of the C-FISH project for several reasons.
These, he said, include: the government’s commitment, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and its Fisheries Division, to establishing a network of 14 fish sanctuaries; the dedication of community based organizations (CBOs) in managing the sanctuaries; the role of local scientists and the University of the West Indies (UWI) in ensuring that a network of sanctuaries was designed to yield optimal ecological benefits; and increased private sector involvement in and support of the sanctuaries.
“So the government of Jamaica should really be praised for this enlightened participatory approach to natural resource management. The world is waking up to the need to protect our environment, and improve the management of our natural resources. This greater awareness is creating new opportunities for building partnerships between communities, governments, scientists, and businesses,” he stated.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2BxSRT69G
Sunday, November 11, 2012 | 4:40 PM
JAMAICA’S fisheries sector is set to benefit from some US$400,000 ($36 million) in grant funding and technical support under the United Kingdom-based Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Caribbean Fish Sanctuary Partnership Initiative (C-FISH).
The initiative is a four year £2. 1 million ($302 million) project, which will support the operations of fish sanctuaries in Jamaica, Grenada, St Lucia, Dominica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Caribbean Climate Change Centre (CCCC) will spearhead the project’s implementation across the region.
Grant agreements for provisions to local stakeholders were signed during a ceremony to launch the Jamaica leg of C-FISH at the Bluefield’s Bay Fishermen’s Friendly Society headquarters in Belmont, Westmoreland on Friday.
Beneficiary stakeholders will include the Bluefields Bay Fishermen’s Friendly Society for the fish sanctuary in that area; Breds Treasure Beach Foundation in St Elizabeth for the Galleon Beach fish sanctuary; the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation for the Salt Bay, Galleon Bay, Boscobel and Three Bays fish sanctuaries in St Elizabeth, Clarendon and St Mary; and the Oracabessa Foundation for the Oracabessa fish sanctuary, also in St Mary.
Addressing the ceremony, Project Director for the grant implementing agency, CARIBSAVE Partnership, Dr Owen Day, explained that Jamaica was selected as the main beneficiary of the C-FISH project for several reasons.
These, he said, include: the government’s commitment, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and its Fisheries Division, to establishing a network of 14 fish sanctuaries; the dedication of community based organizations (CBOs) in managing the sanctuaries; the role of local scientists and the University of the West Indies (UWI) in ensuring that a network of sanctuaries was designed to yield optimal ecological benefits; and increased private sector involvement in and support of the sanctuaries.
“So the government of Jamaica should really be praised for this enlightened participatory approach to natural resource management. The world is waking up to the need to protect our environment, and improve the management of our natural resources. This greater awareness is creating new opportunities for building partnerships between communities, governments, scientists, and businesses,” he stated.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2BxSRT69G