Better safety practices needed in Caribbean small-scale fisheries
Saint Lucia hosted in January 2020 a group of 25 trainers on safety at sea, to discuss, update and develop a training package targeting fishers. The FAO organized train-the-trainer workshop for trainers in safety at sea for small-scale fishers in the Caribbean provided the participating experts additional knowledge and tools to carry out their critically important educational tasks of fishers. The workshop brought together representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. The FISH Safety Foundation (FSF) prepared a training package focused on the fisheries situation in the Caribbean and the needs of small-scale fishers. The training package covers a large range of subjects, such as general safety, personal safety, vessel stability, radio communication, survival at sea, emergency first aid, outboard engine repair and maintenance, boat handling, safety risk management, international conventions and agreements on safety of vessels and fishers, and effective training techniques. The participating trainers obtained a full package of training materials to use for their own trainings on fishers safety at sea.