Background:

Project Title: Strategies, technologies, and social solutions to manage bycatch in tropical Large Marine Ecosystem Fisheries (REBYC-III CLME+). Project budget is USD 5.3 million with a duration of 48 months.

The objective of the REBYC-III CLME+ project, is to manage bycatch and reduce discards in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME+) thereby promoting sustainable and responsible fisheries that provide economic opportunities while ensuring the conservation of marine living resources, and in doing so support country implementation of the CLME+ SAP (particularly Strategies 2, 3 and 5). The participating countries are Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Project Title: 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 budget is USD 1.7 million with a duration of 48 Months.

The objective of the EAF4SG project is to advance adoption and implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) in the shrimp and groundfish fisheries in the North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (NBSLME), supporting implementation of the CLME+ Strategic Action Programme, specifically Strategy 6 on the development and implementation of EAF for the NBSLME shared shrimp and groundfish resources. The participating countries are Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Please see REBYC-III CLME+  and EAF4SG for additional project particulars.

 

Article on project launch: https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/the-uwi-and-fao-launch-regional-project-to-tackle-fisheries-bycatch/

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