The Anguilla Fisherfolk Association was awarded a small grant through the Caribbean Natural Resource Institute’s Caribbean Sea Innovation Fund. The project, entitled Increasing safety at sea and stewardship among Anguillian fisherfolk to build climate change resilience, is in partnership with the Anguilla Fishing Cooperative and is supported by the Department of Disaster Management, the Anguilla National Trust, the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, and the Anguilla Red Cross.
Valued at US$12,000, the grant supports an eight-month project that seeks to reduce the vulnerability of fisherfolk, their livelihoods, and critical ecosystems to climate change and variability. Main objectives of the project include increasing awareness amongst Anguillian fisherfolk of best practices for safety at sea, building capacity of fishers to respond to safety challenges at sea, and fostering stewardship actions amongst fisherfolk to protect and restore critical coastal habitats that support fisheries in Anguilla. Project activities will include assessing at-sea safety risk and identifying possible solutions, training in first response, and enhancing nearshore coastal habitat through the construction and deployment of lobster houses within the Prickly Pear Marine Park.
Activities are scheduled to commence in October.
– Press Release
