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03 November 2020

Project Manager (2nd left), Selena Ledgister, National Fisheries Authority (NFA); converses with (from left) World Bank Resident Representative, Ozan Sevimli; Acting Chief Executive Officer, NFA, Courtney Cole; Acting Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michael Pryce; and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, aboard the recently acquired enforcement vessel during a tour of Kingston harbour on October 30, 2020.

National Fisheries Authority boosts enforcement capacity of fish sanctuaries

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 03 Nov 2020   

Project Manager of the Promoting Community-based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project at the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Selena Ledgister, says the new vessel purchased by the agency will boost the enforcement capacity of the operators of the special fishery conservation areas and help them to preserve Jamaica’s no-fishing zones.
“With the acquisition of this enforcement vessel there can be tactical deployment to combat primary harvesting of fish in our fish sanctuaries,” said Miss Ledgister.
She was speaking at the launch of the World Bank-funded twin-...

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