Fisheries Department, Ministry of Agriculture Guyana

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The Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana
Wishes all Fisherfolks a Happy Fisherfolk day 2022 under the theme: “Collective Action for Safe and Resilient Caribbean Fisheries"

“Fish are essential resources and important commodities for achieving food security. Harvesting them sustainably and responsibly will ensure that we have healthy fish stocks for generations to come.

However, these marine resources face many threats, climate change, overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In regards to IUU fishing, the United Nations has declared June 5th to be “International Day for the Fight Against IUU Fishing”.

Let’s work together to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing”.

As part of its mandate to manage, regulate and promote the development of Guyana’s fishery resources.

Eighteen (18) Fisheries Officers and Two (2) Fisheries Field Assistants, from across Guyana, today completed, their training in Mobile Field Data Collection and Management.

The participants were exposed to both theoretical and practical aspects of field data collection methods and the use of mobile devices to record, analyze and report their findings.

Fisheries Officers and Field Assistants are required to conduct routine visits across Guyana, to the various fishing vessel landing sites, markets, seafood processing establishments and in Guyana’s nearshore and offshore areas.

Latitude Geo-spatial consultancy, facilitated the sessions, which were held at the Ministry of Agriculture.

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