The Project Sustainable Management of Bycatch in Trawl Fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean (REBYC II LAC), and in general, the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, deeply regret the departure of our colleague, the Dr. Fábio Hazin, friend, researcher and project coordinator at the national...

As part of the partnerships made under the umbrella of the REBYC-II LAC project, teaching and research institutions, the Center for Technological Studies of the Sea of ​​Campeche and FAO, participated in the development of alternatives uses for bycatch species from the shrimp trawl fishery, which were until now discarded....

As part of the REBYC II LAC activities in Trinidad and Tobago the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries along with the Caribbean Fisheries Training and Development Institute (CFTDI) implemented a fish-handling and processing training course with the aim of promoting multi-stakeholder value chain development for...

Framed within the project "Sustainable management of bycatch from trawl fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean (REBYC-II LAC)”, on May 7th 2021, Colombia’s INVEMAR - SIPEIN Fisheries Information System was successfully transferred to the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture - INCOPESCA to strength their capacity to monitor...

On Thursday 4th of March 2021, the Suriname Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) 2021-2025 was unanimously approved at the Pier of Hotel Torarica in Paramaribo. During a two-day validation workshop, stakeholders worked on the final screening of the FMP, after which it was formally endorsed. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry...

During February and March 2021, a communication campaign to highlight relevant results was implemented in Mexico on the occasion of the closure of the project activities in this country. This campaign consisted of a series of publications, webinars, podcasts and interviews in different media to inform the general public of...

On October 1st, 2020, the Suriname Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries installed a Working Group on Shrimp and Groundfish Fisheries. As a national intersectoral committee on fisheries management, the aim of the working group is to contribute to sustainable management of shrimp and groundfish resources, by discussing issues...

Video shows a series of stakeholders that created a fisheries management plan proposal for shrimp trawling fisheries in Brazil. It also talks about how local fishing knowledge has been incorporated into this management plan. 

As part of the activities of the REBYC II LAC Project in Mexico, a value chain analysis of the shrimp fishery by-catch (FAC in Spanish) in the trawling fleet of Campeche and its socioeconomic importance in the region was carried out. The objective of the study was to evaluate the...

Shrimp fisheries hold a very important place in food production in Mexico; among fishery products it represents the 2nd place by volume, the first for its value, and it is the main export product. However, bottom trawling, the main method of shrimp capture, is a fishing method that causes impacts...