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19 April 2024

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at the presentation of training certificates and pelagic fishing equipment handing over ceremony held on Wednesday, April 17 at the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Discovery Bay, St. Ann.

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at the presentation of training certificates and pelagic fishing equipment handing over ceremony held on Wednesday, April 17 at the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Discovery Bay, St. Ann.

Fisheries Ministry to cut high import rate of fisheries products with Pelagic Fishing Pilot Project

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19 Apr 2024

For Immediate Release
April 18, 2024

Jamaica is among the top consumers of fish per capita globally, with 68 % of the fish consumed locally being imported.

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, the Hon. Floyd Green, said the Ministry is making every effort to address this excessive import rate through the provision of training and resources to retool and upskill fishers.

“The only way we can put a stop to that [the high importation of fish products] is by ensuring that our fishers are able to go further out and to treat with the realities of climate...