As part of the activities framed within the REBYC II LAC project, and given the legislative restrictions towards shrimp trawling in Costa Rica, organized communities, along with fishing authorities and the scientific community, promoted the creation of the first “Responsible Fisheries Management Plan for Barra del Colorado”; its main objective...

In line with the objectives of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Project “Sustainable Management of Bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl Fisheries” (REBYC II LAC), the Fisheries Division of Trinidad and Tobago is applying a participatory GIS approach (pGIS) to support FAO’s  Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) in Trinidad’s...

Unwanted bycatch of sea turtles remains a problem in various types of fisheries in Suriname. Although all sea turtle’s species are protected under national legislation, they often end up being caught in the nets of trawlers or driftnet boats fishing off the coast. Data collected by the World Wildlife Fund...

Guyana and Suriname make good progress on fulfilling requirements for the MSC-certified Atlantic Seabob trawl fisheries The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Continental Shelf Fisheries Working Group (CSWG) convened a meeting during 20-22 August in Georgetown, Guyana, to review the status and management of Atlantic Seabob Fisheries of Guyana and Suriname....

The guidelines are an FAO international instrument to promote responsible fishing, minimizing catches and mortality of species The first trainings take place in the Gulf of Nicoya on Venado Island from August 5 to 8 during closed seasons August 06, 2019, San José, Costa Rica.  The Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture...

Shrimp products are among the most valuable fisheries export in the world. As such, the shrimp trawling fishery is a crucial source of income and livelihood worldwide that employs thousands of people. However, while shrimp trawling is very effective in capturing target species, this activity is based on gears with...

The Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC) - Campus Itajaí currently has an agreement with the Brazilian Navy to provide training courses for professional fishers and boat masters in the southern region of Brazil. In these courses, fishers, most of them already active, have classes such as navigation, salvage and...

Written by: Dérien Lucie Vernetti Duarte The REBYC-II LAC Brazil group hosted fisheries biologist Daniel Foster, expert in bycatch reduction devices development and fisheries management from NOAA Fisheries, Mississippi. Mr. Foster came to facilitate a technical workshop with fishermen and researchers and a series of technical visits to Brazilian pilot sites. The...

The main objective of the FAO REBYC-II LAC project is to reduce food waste/discards and to support livelihoods in fishing communities by improving the management and sustainable use of bycatch in the shrimp trawling fishery. One of the main innovations of the REBYC Project in Brazil was the application of...

In Brazilian northern region, shrimp fishing (mainly pink shrimp, Penaeus subtilis) is done mainly by an industrial trawling fleet, of close to 100 boats (20m to 60 m LOA), which operates from Tutóia, Maranhão, to the Brazilian border with French Guiana, at depths ranging from 20 to over 60 m....