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CELEBRATE EARTH DAY ! April 23rd

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY ! April 23rd. Outreach and Education Advisory Panel (OEAP) Report to the Council 149 th CFMC Regular Meeting St.Croix , USVI. O & E Activities update.

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CELEBRATE EARTH DAY ! April 23rd

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  1. CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!April 23rd

  2. Outreach and Education Advisory Panel (OEAP)Report to the Council149th CFMC Regular MeetingSt.Croix, USVI

  3. O & E Activities update • Newsletter will be a Bulletin 4/yr. available on print and www.caribbeanfmc.comPlease send notes and photos of activities • 2015 Calendar

  4. O & E Activities update (cont.) • Caribbean Fisheries Teacher’s Resource Book • FishingAppforsmartphones (August Meeting) • CFMC brochure (August Meeting) • Collaboratingwith PR Dept. ofAgriculture in thedevelopmentofRuta del pescao. • visual aids to identify changes in the EFH of some species in FMPs’ Management Units (August Meeting)

  5. O & E Activities update (cont. • USVI Outreach & Education • Don’t Stop Talking Fish Celebration June 28 • NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program’s Reef Smart project’s 2014 Nancy Foster mapping mission outreach session in Fredericksted, St. Croix on March 24. Included activities for managers, fishers and STEM K-12 students and teachers.

  6. O & E Activities Update (cont.) • funding of the Marine Outreach and Education USVI Style (MOES-VI) approved by NOAA CRCP for fiscal year 2014. This funding will allow for the successful implementation and evaluation of the MOES-VI Increasing Fishing Community Awareness and Compliance project

  7. O & E Activities Update (cont.) • SustainableSeafoodCampaign: • workshops held with restaurants on March 24 and 29 and outreach event called “Taste of St. Croix”. 10 restaurants branded Reef Responsible. • FueteyVerguilla St. Croix

  8. O & E Activities Update (cont.) • PR Commercial Fisheries Project (PEPCO) • Fundingisneededtoexpandthe Project tootherareas. • Marine ResourcesEducationProgram (MREP) • Steeringcommitteeformed

  9. Programa de Educación de Pesca Comercial(Comercial FishingEducationProgram)

  10. General Program Content Detailed explanation on the license and permit application process. Fishery statistics and data reporting. Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture’ s Bonafide Fishers Program Puerto Rico Fishery regulation – Regulation 7949.  DNER Certification of Completion

  11. PEPCO – Northwest Region Camuy PEPCO – North Region Cataño PEPCO – West Region Mayaguez PEPCO – Northeast Region Loiza PEPCO – Southwest Region Cabo Rojo PEPCO – South Region Ponce

  12. A total number of 179 participants completed the course. Participants evaluated the program and rated it mostly between excellent –good. Among the recommendations provided were to offer the course more frequently and at various fish villas. Follow up meeting scheduled for the end of April with the DNER Fisheries Lab. Requests from other villas. Will continue to offer the course around the island.

  13. GMRI Marine Resource Education Program • Puerto Rico chapter • First planning committee meeting on March 14, 2014 • Steering committee meeting scheduled for May 9, 2014.

  14. Questions?

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