Agriculture Minister Supports Blue Transformation in Region

• Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, has reiterated his continued support for implementing the Blue Transformation approach in the Region.
• Blue Transformation is an approach aimed at redefining the region’s relationship with aquatic foods and proposes a vision of sustainable aquaculture production, effective fisheries management, and improved value chains.
• Minister Green, speaking on March 19 at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) four-day regional conference in Guyana, said priority must be given to diversifying the livelihoods of small-scale fishers and fish farmers.
• The Minister highlighted that the country is implementing a fisheries development programme with two components – promoting community-based climate resilience and modernising licensing and registration systems.
• “As such, we are using the technology to develop what we call Irie Fins, a Jamaican fisheries aquaculture information system where our fishers, fish farmers, and vessels can register using their mobile devices,” he added. He further also highlighted strategies being used in Jamaica to increase yields in aquaculture and encourage diversity among artisanal fishers.

 (Source: JIS)