A technical working group of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), the Continental Shelf Fisheries Working Group (CSWG), is collaborating with the worldwide worth chain improvement programme FISH4ACP, non-public sector processors, and the Seabob Working Teams of Guyana and Suriname to convene a joint inventory evaluation workshop in Guyana from 11 to fifteen March 2024.
The evaluation of the seabob, a short-lived shallow water shrimp discovered within the Western Central Atlantic, will cowl the shares of Guyana and Suriname, located within the North Brazilian Shelf Massive Marine Ecosystem. The evaluation goals to overview and validate the latest scientific evaluations of the Atlantic seabob fisheries of Suriname and Guyana. The outcomes will likely be shared with industrial and artisanal fishery stakeholders from Guyana and Suriname for his or her enter over the past two days of the workshop, on 14-15 March 2024.
Through the workshop, regional and worldwide technical specialists will suggest harvest management guidelines (HCRs) and the associated fisheries administration plans, contemplating compliance with Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification necessities. The seabob fisheries in Guyana and Suriname are MSC-certified; Suriname’s fishery was first licensed in 2011, and Guyana’s fishery was licensed in 2019.
The Seabob Working Teams of Guyana and Suriname—made up of representatives from the respective Fisheries Departments, the commercial and artisanal seabob sectors, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)—will subsequently lead the implementation of the assembly’s outcomes and suggestions.
The CRFM CSWG goals to advertise the sustainable utilization of continental shelf assets and related ecosystems via reviewing and analysing fisheries and associated knowledge to tell administration methods in line with the ecosystem and preventive and participatory approaches to fisheries administration.
FISH4ACP is a five-year fish worth chain improvement programme spanning 2020 to 2025. It’s being carried out by the Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO) with funding from the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Financial Cooperation and Improvement.
In Guyana, FISH4ACP is working in direction of a sustainable, resilient, well-managed, and inclusive shrimp fishery to strengthen the nation’s place as a number one exporter of Atlantic seabob shrimp. This can make sure the long-term stability of shares and convey extra advantages to native fisherfolk, particularly girls.
The CRFM collaborates with FAO on the implementation of FISH4ACP.