St. Thomas / St. John Fisheries Liaison Report to the Council

Fishing Community Activities

1)Conversations, emails, and assisting fishers who sell at the Joseph Bryan fish market to have water available for cleaning of fish and sanitation purposes.

2)Traveling to St. John to return and pick up forms for fishing license and gather catch reports

3) Liaising with the Office of the Administrator and fishers whose dry landed boats were about to get citations and explaining why.

4)Responsible Fisher Certification program

The Fun Stuff!

Speaking with fishers about where to look for updates about changes involving our fisheries on the NOAA website.

Reef Responsible presentation on How to become a responsible fisher

School and Summer camp education outings

ELS class Ocean awareness trip

J.E.T Mangrove habitat and make a fish activity

Y.O.E. Fishing clinic and Fish ID