The Essex Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Development Programme, being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, is to continue in the upcoming fiscal year through an allocation of nearly $4.5 billion. Details of the allocation are outlined in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon....

Phase-two modernisation of the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine will be done by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries at a cost of approximately J$6 billion. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the funds have been allocated for the works, which are slated to commence shortly and be implemented over six years. He advised that the phase will...

Best practices to bolster the operations of local fishers are expected to be defined through a study on fish feed being undertaken by the National Fisheries Authority (NFA). Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., on Wednesday (February 1), revisited McLish Fish Farm in St. Catherine where he and a high-profile Ministry team observed engagements being carried out...

Jamaicans should see an increase in enforcement and monitoring to curb the unethical practice of overfishing, this year. This was disclosed by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., during his presentation at the 18th Jamaica Stock Exchange Investment and Capital Markets Conference, on January 25, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The Minister informed that...

The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is now accepting applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of individual catch quotas for the 2023 conch fishing season. This comes ahead of the opening of the 2023 conch fishing season, which begins on March 1. The deadline for receiving all applications is 4:00 p.m. on Monday, February 6, 2023 for...

Fifteen Officers from the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) have been trained to instruct local fish farmers and fisherfolk on the use of an agro-meteorological application that is capable of providing early warnings about climate changes. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, Senior Aquaculture Extension Officer in the Aquaculture Division of the NFA, Leanne Morris Bennett, said the training was...

Entrepreneur, Sasha-Kay Gooden-Petrie, is the winner of the National Fisheries Authority’s (NFA) inaugural ‘Many Moods of Tilapia’ cooking competition. Mrs. Gooden-Petrie, whose coconut callaloo steamed tilapia and bammy bites wowed the judges, was presented with her prizes during the Eat Jamaican Day Expo at Devon House in Kingston on November 25. These included, among other things, $100,000 from main sponsor,...