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Principal Director for the Fisheries Compliance, Licensing and Statistics Division at the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Zahra Oliphant, addresses a Think Tank on Wednesday (April 24), at the JIS head office in Kingston.
Principal Director for the Fisheries Compliance, Licensing and Statistics Division at the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Zahra Oliphant, addresses a Think Tank on Wednesday (April 24), at the JIS head office in Kingston.

Fisheries Sector Contributes Over $30 Billion to GDP

By: Twila Wheelan, April 24, 2024
Jamaica’s fisheries production amounted to more than $30 billion for calendar year 2023, representing contribution of just over one per cent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The total...
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, presents a certificate to Nicholette Shaw, a fisher of Discovery Bay Fisherman’s Beach, St. Ann,  for participating in training in horizontal line fishing.  Ms. Shaw was among 40 fishers presented with certificates at the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in the parish on April 17. Seated (from left) are Senior Operations Analyst at the World Bank – Caribbean , Jhanelle-Rae Bowie and Principal Director of the National Fisheries Authorities (NFA), Stephen Smikle .

Fisherfolk at Discovery Bay Beach Certified

By: Serena Grant, April 22, 2024
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), engages in a light discussion with Director of Projects, Champion Industrial Equipment and Supplies Limited, Courtney Harford (second right), during the $106-million contract signing ceremony for the Agro-Investment Corporation Irrigation Transmission Force Main and Equipping Project, at Ebony Park, Clarendon, at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew, on April 11. Others (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, Agro-Investment Corporation, Vivion Scully; Programme Lead, The World Bank Group, Emre Ozaltin and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

Support for Farmers Impacted by Drought

By: Chris Patterson, April 12, 2024

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a ceremony on March 26, at the AC Mariott Hotel in New Kingston, to announce the certification of Jamaica’s Conch industry, by the Marine Stewardship Council.
Fisheries

Conch Industry Attains MSC Certification

Jamaica’s Conch industry is now more sustainable, following the recent attainment of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, under the Compete Caribbean Project. The certification covers the Industrial Dive Fishery...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, March 27, 2024
Fisherfolk in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, constructing fish aggregating devices (FADs) under the Pelagic Fish Training Programme. 
Fisheries

Training in Pelagic Fishing

The upcoming training in pelagic fishing is expected to help ease the pressure on Jamaica’s reef fish. Roughly 280 fisherfolk across seven fishing communities will be trained to go farther...
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By: Twila Wheelan, March 4, 2024