Fishers in the south of the island of St Lucia are now better prepared to deal with the negative impact of climate on the fisheries sector.
They had their knowledge broaden on the subject at a workshop held at the conference room of the fisheries department in Vieux-Fort on Tuesday, December 17, 2019.
The workshop was part of a project, CC4 Fish, which is a collaboration between the Caribbean National Fisherfolk Organization (NFO) and the Climate Change Adaption of the fisheries sector in the Eastern Caribbean.
The project is held in seven countries in the Caribbean including Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.
Some of the topics discussed at the workshop were: the impacts of climate change on the fishing sector, climate change impacts on the ecosystem, personal consideration for reducing carbon footprints, communications and safety at sea and identifying national concerns of fishers regarding climate change impacts.
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