CC4 FISH SAFETY AT SEA TRAINING FOR SMALLSCALE FISHERS
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he Caribbean Fisheries Training and Development Institute (CFTDI) conducted Safety at Sea Training for Small-Scale Fishers in four (4) communities throughout Trinidad. This training was organized in collaboration with the Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector (CC4FISH) Project in Trinidad and Tobago, the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (Fisheries Division) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO/UN), with financial support being provided by the FAO’s CC4FISH Project.
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Written by: Dereck Archer
Improving fisher’s safety at sea has become increasingly important due to the lack of implemented safety systems by local fisherfolk. During training thirty-seven (37) fisherfolk benefited from four (4), five-day training sessions in Trinidad focusing on Safety-at-Sea for Small Scale Fishers. Workshops which were held at four (4) different locations in Trinidad: Maracas Bay Community Centre from 18th-22nd October 2021, Orange Valley Community Centre from 25th-29th October 2021, Toco Regional Complex from 8th-12th November 2021 and Macaulay Community Centre from 6th-10th December 2021.
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