Port of Spain, September 27, 2023 – Fisherfolk in the Virgin Islands will soon benefit from two pilot projects aimed at managing sargassum seaweed influxes and reducing ghost fishing.
The pilot projects are part of efforts by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) and the Department Agriculture and Fisheries (DOAF) within the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change of the Government of the Virgin Islands to demonstrate best practices and innovations in sustainable fisheries and marine management under the ongoing Darwin Plus-funded project “Capacity building in fisheries evidence, networks and management in the Virgin Islands”.
The pilot projects will run from September to December 2023 and are being funded under the Darwin Plus project, “Capacity building in fisheries evidence, networks and management in the Virgin Islands”.
Find out more about Cefas’ work on this project at this blog.
For more information on CANARI’s work on the project, see here: https://canari.org/cefas-bvi/.
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Caption: Sargassum inundation at Setting Point, Anegada ©Chris Juredin