US$4.875M Climate Resilience Fisheries Project Launched

• More than 40,000 local fisheries stakeholders are poised to benefit from the implementation of the ‘Promoting Community-based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project’ by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries (MICAF).
• The US$4.875Mn five-year World Bank-funded initiative aims to enhance climate-resilient practices among targeted fishing and fish-farming communities across Jamaica in a bid to strengthen the sector through several engagements.
• Minister without Portfolio in MICAF, Hon. Leslie Campbell noted that over the past two years, the sector contributed US$79Mn to Jamaica’s gross domestic product (GDP), with exports totaling more than one tonne.

(Source: JIS)