Noticias
FAO is helping revolutionize fishing livelihoods in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Supported by Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Sustainable Management of Bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl Fisheries (REBYC-II LAC) project seeks to reduce food loss and enhance food availability by improving the management and use of bycatch and...
08/06/2017
Paramaribo, 25 April 2017 | Suriname, as the only project country in REBYC-II LAC, has a targeted fishery for demersal finfish. The fleet mostly consists of stern-trawlers around 25m in length, equipped with a single demersal otter trawl. The fishery started in the late 1980's and now lands between 6,000...
25/05/2017
Innovative approaches to sustainable management of bycatch in Latin America and the Caribbean were discussed during a REBYC-II LAC side-event to the 32nd Session of the Committee on Fisheries. The COFI Secretariat granted REBYC-II LAC this side event thanks to the efforts of OSPESCA and the National Institute for Fisheries...
18/07/2016
The main objectives of the Workshop on Sustainable Utilization of Bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl Fisheries were toa) review and discuss successful approaches and technologies for the utilization of fisheries bycatch/discards and highlight associated barriers and challenges; b) explore feasible solutions to improve the utilization of bottom trawl...
02/06/2016
Mr Petri Suuronen FAO Lead Technical Officer for REBYC-II LAC and Mr Mario Rueda national project coordinator (INVEMAR) visited Buenaventura, Colombia on 19-21 April 2016 to engage and meet with stakeholders. Buenaventura is a main project working site in REBYC-II LAC. The REBYC-II LAC project is an opportunity or the...
01/06/2016
Press Release first Meeting of REBYC-II LAC National Working Group
Paramaribo, 11 March 2016.
A crucial and very beneficial regional project has begun its activities. National Working Group for the REBYC-II LAC project held its first meeting to kickoff of the project’s national activities in Suriname. The meeting, hosted by the Fisheries...
01/06/2016
El proyecto REBYC-II LAC se complace en anunciar el lanzamiento oficial de su página web del proyecto. El sitio web fue desarrollado en colaboración con los países del proyecto ya será la principal fuente de información actualizada y noticias sobre el proyecto. Será una ventana única para encontrar informes de...
27/11/2015
Brasil: "Con el desarrollo del proyecto REBYC II-LAC en Brasil, el Ministerio de Pesca y Acuicultura espera compartir experiencias y conocimientos con otros países de América Latina y el Caribe con el fin de reducir la captura incidental y los residuos en la pesquería de arrastre de camarón, a través...
27/11/2015
Los objetivos REBYC-II LAC son reducir las pérdidas de alimentos y apoyar a los medios de vida sostenibles mediante la mejora de la gestión de la captura incidental y la minimización de los descartes y el daño de los fondos marinos, transformando así la pesca de arrastre a una pesca...
27/11/2015