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Vladimir Abramytchev

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Observers of the CRFM

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Trinidad and Tobago

Quick Facts:

  • Fisheries sector percentage contribution to GDP: 0.07 (2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Fish Production (metric tonnes): about 13,204 MT (2007)
  • Fish Production (value in national currency): about $TT 199.2 M (2007)
  • Fish Production, including aquaculture (metric tonnes): 13,209 MT (2007)
  • Fish Production, including aquaculture (value in national currency): $TT 199.3 M (2007)
  • Fish Imports (metric tonnes): 9,165 MT (2007)
  • Fish Imports (value in national currency): $TT 161.7M (2007)
  • Fish Exports (metric tonnes): 3,923 MT (2007)
  • Fish Exports (value in national currency): $TT 83.0 M (2007)
  • Per capita fish consumption: 14 kg
  • EEZ: (58,722 km2); Archipelagic waters (7,158 km2); Territorial Sea (9,337 km2)
  • Shelf area: (See Notes 1 & 2)
  • Fishing Area: EEZ
  • Number of landing sites: 85 sites (Trinidad-67, Tobago-32) (see Note 6)
  • Number of fishers: About 4,500 (2008 estimate)
  • Number of fishing vessels: About 2,000 (2008 estimate)
  • Fishing gear types: (see Notes 3,4,5)
  • Number of fish vendors/hawkers: (see Note 7)
  • Number of fish processors: No information available
  • Number of importers: 74 (Jan 2008 – Nov 2009)
  • Number of exporters: 56 (Jan 2008 – Nov 2009)
  • Area under aquaculture (hectares): 13
  • Number of aquaculture farms: 15
  • Number of aquaculture farmers: 15
  • Incentives to fishers and aquaculture farmers: Fishers:- Tax and duty free concessions on marine fuel, boats, engines, fishing gear and other related supplies. Aquaculture farmers:- For pond construction, 2 acres (water surface area), 25% of the cost of construction to a maximum of $TT 20,000.

Notes:

  1. Trinidad lies 11.2 km from the northeastern peninsula of Venezuela. The continental shelf is a maximum of 100 nautical miles south, 35 nautical miles east and 27 nautical miles north of Trinidad. The shelf has a fairly even topography with no recognized canyon or submerged features.
  2. Tobago sits entirely on the shelf at a distance of 19 nautical miles from Trinidad. The shelf breaks at depths from 90-100 m with a slope which descends to depths of several thousand metres.
  3. Pirogues are primarily small wooden/fibreglass open boats of 7-9 m in length, propelled by outboard engines commonly 45-75 Hp. They are used for commercial and sport day fishing employing primarily handlines, also gill nets, palangue (small bottom longlines) and fish pots (traps). Similar vessels known as "bumboats" are used in Tobago.
  4. Multi-gear semi-industrial fleet consists of about 29 vessels 14-26 m in length; primarily fish pelagic and demersal species using longlines and fish pots and stay at sea from 7-15 days.
  5. Trawlers have been categorized into four types (see below) according to their lengths, engine horsepower and degree of mechanization. All trawlers are based in Trinidad. Shrimps (Penaeids) are the principal exploited species; finfish, crabs, and squid are caught as by-catch.
  6. Functional cold storage facilities are available at three (3) major fish markets. Port facilities to accommodate vessels exploiting the EEZ are available in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and to a lesser extent in Scarborough, Tobago.
  7. Generally the marketing of fish is undertaken in a very rudimentary manner. Most of the fish is marketed fresh and sold directly by the fishermen on the beach to private vendors, middle-men or to consumers. The private vendors sell the fish from small outlets in suburban areas and along the roadway.

Vessel Categories:

  • Type I: 6.7-9.8 m in length; usually two 45-75 Hp outboard engines; manually operated net (about 47 vessels);
  • Type II: 7.9 - 11.6 m in length; 90-150 Hp inboard diesel engine; single net/ manually operated (about 55 vessels);
  • Type III: 9.3 -12.2 m in length; 165-275 Hp inboard diesel; single net/ hydraulic winch; electronic fishing aids/ communication equipment (10 vessels);
  • Type IV: 10.9 – 23.6 m in length; 325-425 Hp inboard diesel engine; two nets/ hydraulic winch; electronic fishing aids/ communication equipment; some refrigeration (31 vessels).

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Monday, 18 March 2013 22:21

Suriname

Quick Facts:

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Monday, 18 March 2013 22:20

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Quick Facts:

  • Fisheries sector contribution to GDP: 0.6: (2007)
  • Fish production (metric tonne): 1000 (2007)
  • Fish production, including aquaculture (value in national currency): EC $ 10 million(2007)
  • Fish exports (metric tonne): 127.3 (2007)
  • Fish exports (value in national currency): EC $ 1.2 M (2007)
  • Fish imports (metric tonne): 500 (2007)
  • Fish imports (value in national currency): EC $ 6 (2007)
  • Per capita fish consumption (kg): 13.6
  • EEZ (km2): 27,500
  • Shelf area (km2): 7,800
  • Fishing area (km2): n/a
  • Number of landing sites: 22 on St. Vincent, 16 on the Grenadines
  • Number of fishers: 1,500 full time, 1,000 part time
  • Number of fishing vessels: n/a
  • Fishing gear types: Trolling, beach seine, handlines and longlines
  • Number of vendors/hawkers: 200
  • Number of processors: 2
  • Number of exporters: 6
  • Number of importers: 8
  • Area under aquaculture (hectares): 0
  • Number of aquaculture farms: 0
  • Number of aquaculture farmers: 0
  • Incentives to fishers and aquaculture farmers: Some concessions are given to fishers on importation of vessels, engines and gear of a certain specification.

Notes:

  1. EC $2.67 = US$1

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Monday, 18 March 2013 22:19

St. Lucia

Quick Facts:

  • Fisheries sector contribution to GDP (%): 1
  • Fish production, including aquaculture (metric tonne): 1,695.33 (includes 0.70 mt aquaculture)
  • Fish production, including aquaculture (value in national currency): EC $ 21.7 million
  • Fish exports (metric tonne): nil
  • Fish exports (value in national currency): nil
  • Fish imports (metric tonne): 1,057.86
  • Fish imports (value in national currency): EC $ 13.9 million
  • Per capita fish consumption (kg): n/a
  • EEZ (km2): 200 nm
  • Shelf area (km2): 552
  • Fishing area (km2): unknown
  • Number of landing sites: 17
  • Number of fishers: 1355 (full time), 870 (part time)
  • Number of fishing vessels: 574
  • Fishing gear types: Trolling lines, flyingfish nets, beach seines, fillet nets, fish pots, harpoons, longlines, palange, scuba tanks (for conch), spear guns, gillnets and handlines.
  • Number of vendors/hawkers: 50
  • Number of processors: 15 (primary)
  • Number of exporters: nil
  • Number of importers: 43
  • Area under aquaculture (hectares): 9.7
  • Number of aquaculture farms: 45
  • Number of aquaculture farmers: 99
  • Incentives to fishers and aquaculture farmers: • waiver of import duties and waiver of consumption tax for registered/licensed fishing vessel owners on fishing vessels, engines and lubricants. • waiver of import duties on equipment and tools, including fishing gear and materials, safety/communication/navigational aids. • rebate on fuel to fishers who are members of fishers’ co-operatives. • waiver of all duties on imports by fisher co-operatives.

Notes:

  1. EC $2.67 = US$1

Spiny Lobster Fishery Country Profile

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Monday, 18 March 2013 22:19

St. Kitts and Nevis

Quick Facts:

  • % Contribution to GDP: 1.42 (1995) at constant prices.
  • Fishing Area: EEZ (20400 km2); Shelf (845 km2).
  • EEZ (km2): EEZ (20400 km2)
  • Number of Fishers: 350 on St. Kitts (about 46% full-time); 300 on Nevis (about 70% full-time).
  • Number of Landing sites: 11 on St. Kitts and 8 on Nevis.
  • Fish Imports (metric tonne): 904.33 MT (2008)
  • Fish Imports (value in national currency): 11 824 084 EC$(2008)
  • Fish Exports (metric tonne): 107.33 MT (2008)
  • Fish exports (value in national currency): 1 310 964 EC$ (2008)
  • Number of vendors/hawkers: 15 (St. Kitts) 0 (Nevis)
  • Number of processors: 1 (St. Kitts) 1 (Nevis)
  • Importers: 3 (St. Kitts) 1 (Nevis)
  • Number of Exporters: 4 (St. Kitts) 2 (Nevis) Significant quantities are exported by the Nevis Fishermen's Cooperative. On Nevis, 3 other persons occasionally export lobster to Guadeloupe.
  • Incentives to fishers and aquaculture farmers: Duty-free concessions on boats, engines, fishing gear and other related supplies. There is no rebate on marine fuel.

Notes:

  1. Note: EC$ = US $1.
  2. On St. Kitts there are five major sites which account for nearly 70% of the total of the vessels. To accommodate an expansion of the cruise ship pier in Basseterre, a new fisheries landing site with a breakwater was created farther down the beach and a building for gear storage and fish marketing was erected.
  3. The largest landing area in Nevis is adjacent to the Fisheries Complex in Charlestown. This facility provides gear and equipment, ice and walk-in freezers, outboard motor repairs, fish processing, and stalls for marketing the fish. 

Spiny Lobster Fishery Country Profile

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Monday, 18 March 2013 22:18

Montserrat

Quick Facts:

  • % Contribution to GDP: 0.3% (2002) $0.29 million
  • Fishing Area: EfZ (21100 km2); Shelf (146 km2).
  • Fishermen: 60
  • Landing sites: 2 (1 major, 1 minor)
  • Fish Imports: EC$ 115,844.00
  • Fish Exports: 0
  • Fish vendors: 0
  • Fish processors: 0
  • Importers: 3
  • Exporters: 0

Notes:

  1. Volcanic activity destroyed the fisheries facilities both at Plymouth and at Isles Bay. The relocation of fishermen to the North of the island has resulted in the majority of fishermen now being located at Carr's Bay with a small number operating from Bunkum Bay. There are currently approximately sixty (60) full time fishermen, operating 33 boats in Montserrat.
  2. The facilities available to fishermen at these locations are extremely basic and, particularly at Carrs Bay, are unsuitable for the increased number of fishermen operating from this site. Fishermen often fish for periods of up to twenty (20) hours at one time and fishing is concentrated between 0 and 2 nautical miles off shore mainly on the eastern and western sides of the island. The species groups traditionally exploited are the Shallow Shelf and Reef Fish and the Coastal Pelagics. Both species are moderately too heavily exploited and are unlikely to support increased exploitation. The Deep Slope and Bank Fish are under-exploited and the status of the Large Pelagics is mostly unknown but thought to be adequate to support further exploitation.

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Monday, 18 March 2013 22:16

Jamaica

Quick Facts:

  • Contribution to GDP: Overall percentage contribution to GDP by the agricultural sector was 7.3%, with fisheries contributing about 0.4% (ESSJ Report 2001).
  • Fishing Area:
  • The inshore fishery in the coastal waters of the main island, including nine proximal banks, usually subdivided into North Coast and South Coast.
  • The fishery on the Pedro and Morant Banks.
  • Deep-sea fishing, in all deep waters around the island and banks.
  • The Jamaica/Colombia Joint Regime Area near Alice Shoal.
  • Inland (riverine) areas, especially large river systems (e.g., Black River).
  • Fishermen: The Marine Capture fishery of Jamaica had 15336 registered fishers as at the end of December 2004. Most of these are artisanal fishermen operating from open canoe or reinforced fiberglass plastic (RFP) type boats powered by either outboard motors or oars.
  • Landing sites: 190 including two (2) on the Pedro Cayes and one (1) on Morant Caye (2004).
  • Fish Imports:

      1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    Quantity (kg) 30,350,457 36,057,765 33,547,533 31,238,013 66,385,542
    Value (J$) 2,191,342,690.00 2,214,864,814 2,733,551,666 2,798,298,434 3,378,890,984
  • Fish Exports:
      2000 2001 2002 2003
    Quantity (kg) 997,510 1,582,149 605,999 936,306
    Value (J$) 42,625,571 540,253,239 265,482,376 460,678,076
  • Fish Processors: Minimum 10 (categorized as major or minor Fish Processors, based on the degree of processing).
  • Exporters: Minimum 10.
  • Vessel Categories: There were 4274 registered boats at the end of December 2004, operating in the industry, ranging from 3.6 to 9 m open canoe type boats (95%) to 15 M – 30 M decked vessel type (5 %).

Notes:

  1. Fish Production from Landings
      1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
    Finfish
    Conch
    Lobster
    Shrimp
    Others
    Tilapia
    5578.75
    1821.20
    269.63
    67.04
    10.25
    4,200.00
    4160.98
    1700.00
    169.66
    14.54
    -
    4,300.00
    6283.74
    1366.00
    329.90
    4.49
    -
    4,500.00
    4585.55
    0
    517.3
    36.67
    -
    ~4,500.00
    4348.57
    946
    943.39
    38.5
    51.38
    ~5,000.00
    7,000.00
    946.00
    358.67
    37.54
    144.00
    5851.44
    4594.92
    504.25
    300.00
    37.00
    456.00
    2512.5
    8811.03
    550.00
    134.49


    4200
    Total Marine Fish Production
    Total Tilapia Production
    7,746.87
    4,200.00
    6,045.18
    4,300.00
    7,984.13
    4,500.00
    5,139.52
    4,500.00
    6,327.84
    5,000.00
    8,342.21
    5,995.44
    5,436.17
    2,968.50
    9,495.50
    4,200.00
    Total Fish Production 11,946.87 10,345.18 12,484.13 9,639.52 11,327.84 14,337.65 8,404.67 13,695.52

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Fisheries exploited in Jamaican Waters

SMALL COASTAL PELAGICS

Fishery for Opsitonema oglinum, (Atlantic thread herring, locally known as sprat), Harengula jaguana (Scaled sardine) and Harengula humeralis (Red-ear sardine, locally known as pinchers). Opistonema oglinum is the most heavily sought after species in this fishery. Bait fish caught in this fishery (eg. Harengulids and Engraulids), caught by trammel and lift nets is very important as it supports the artisanal offshore (line) fishery and the recreational fishery.

DEMERSAL AND REEF FISHERIES

Snappers, Parrot Fishes, Doctor Fishes

This fishery is generally for fish living over coral reef area. Areas where these fishes can be found: Rosalind Bank, Pedro bank, North Coast, South Coast, Morant Bank, other offshore banks and Alice Shoal. The coral reef finfish account for the largest catch category in Jamaica fisheries. The vast majority (98%) of the catch remains in Jamaica for either local or tourist consumption.

LOBSTER FISHERY

Spiny Lobsters

The Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) is widely distributed in the coastal waters and the offshore banks around Jamaica. Catch of spiny lobster comes mainly from the Pedro Bank (60%). Lobster is a high priced resource and represents an important component of the total value of the landings of the Jamaican commercial fisheries. Its’ production supports a local market (mainly the hospitality industry) and an export market. The export market earns an average of US$4-6 million per year.

SHRIMP FISHERY

White Shrimp (Penaeus schmitti)

The shrimp fishery of Jamaica is of significant economic importance, especially in the Kingston Harbour. The licensing and registration system of the Fisheries Division (LRS) records 44 boats (motorized and non-motorized) and 153 fishermen that fish for shrimp.

Hunts Bay is the major landing site in Jamaica. All the shrimp vessels in Kingston (Greenwich Town, Hunts Bay, Port Henderson, Hellshire and Port Royal) fish in Kingston Harbour and land their catch at Hunts Bay

CONCH FISHERY

The Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) fishery is the most valuable foreign exchange fishery in Jamaica. This resource is exploited on the island shelf and offshore banks. The predominant fishery occurs on the Pedro Bank. At present it is estimated that up to 95% of the conch landed in Jamaica originates from the Pedro Bank. However, small amounts are also fished from the Formigas Bank and Morant Banks. The amount of conch landed from the island shelf is so far not quantified but may be significant.

DEEP SLOPE FISHERY

Deep Slope, Snappers and Groupers

The two most targeted species are Lutjanus vivanus (silk snapper) and Etelis oculatus (queen snapper locally called satin).

The deepslope fishing areas within Jamaican waters is relatively small. Catches from the deep slope represent approximately 10% of total annual catch of marine fish. The fishery needs to be better studied. There is also need for increased awareness among fishers of the vulnerability of the stock and the potential for over-fishing.

OFFSHORE PLELAGICS

Mackerels, Tunas, Wahoo

This fishery is a small fishery accessed mainly with mechanized boats. This fishery is also used for tournaments and other sport fishing related activities.

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