Regional Workshop on Recreational Fisheries Data and Statistics - 20-22 June 2017
Over 30 experts from 12 Caribbean countries and various organizations convened in Nassau, Bahamas for the first Regional Workshop on Recreational Fisheries Data and Statistics. The three-day workshop which ran June 20-22 focused on capacity building to increase the collection of recreational fisheries data in the region. Such data can help inform sustainable fisheries management in all fishery sectors at national and regional scales.
This workshop is the 6th meeting of the joint WECAFC/CRFM/OSPESCA/CFMC[1] Working Group on Recreational Fisheries. All participants, including members of this regional expert Working Group, will be updated on other recreational fishery data collection efforts, successes of citizen science initiatives from other regions and the latest regional developments in digital data capture from fisheries. An informed participatory approach will then guide the expected future implementation of digital data capture methodologies in recreational and other fishery sectors of the Caribbean.
The workshop was supported by several industry stakeholders including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
PHOTOS: © FAO/Delreese Grant and © FAO/ Debbie Abangntuen
Regional Workshop on Recreational Fisheries Data and Statistics - 20-22 June 2017
Over 30 experts from 12 Caribbean countries and various organizations convened in Nassau, Bahamas for the first Regional Workshop on Recreational Fisheries Data and Statistics. The three-day workshop which ran June 20-22 focused on capacity building to increase the collection of recreational fisheries data in the region. Such data can help inform sustainable fisheries management in all fishery sectors at national and regional scales.
This workshop is the 6th meeting of the joint WECAFC/CRFM/OSPESCA/CFMC[1] Working Group on Recreational Fisheries. All participants, including members of this regional expert Working Group, will be updated on other recreational fishery data collection efforts, successes of citizen science initiatives from other regions and the latest regional developments in digital data capture from fisheries. An informed participatory approach will then guide the expected future implementation of digital data capture methodologies in recreational and other fishery sectors of the Caribbean.
The workshop was supported by several industry stakeholders including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
PHOTOS: © FAO/Delreese Grant and © FAO/ Debbie Abangntuen