Conserving tropical marine ecosystems in TCI through science-based fisheries management
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £344,905
WHERE Turks and Caicos Islands
Summary
The balance between sustainable tropical marine ecosystems (TME) and Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries (SSSF) is delicate. SSSF require robust evidence-based management, which in TCI is impeded by insufficient fish landings and life history data for stock assessments. With DECR and local fishers, the project will: build fishers’ capacity for participation in fisheries management; centralise landing sites; train DECR staff in landing and biological data collection and management; provide equipment for the DECR Fisheries laboratory and conduct stock assessments using data collected.
Biodiversity monitoring efforts aimed at identifying the migration patterns of Endangered sea turtles highlight the urgent need for global conservation.
