Exciting times ahead as the Caribbean's newest otolith lab is batch processing its first couple hundred samples in the Turks and Caicos Islands, in partnership with @TCIG_Press & Fish Ageing Services Ltd, funded through Darwin Plus. Watch this space!@UKBCFs@JNCC_UK@Krusic_KGpic.twitter.com/hJ62pO6CWQ
Fisheries catch landings and biological data collection on TCI is now expanding to incorporate the islands of Grand Turk and South Caicos! First week of training successfully completed last week on GT and we look forward to travelling to SC next week!@TCIG_Press @Darwin_Defra pic.twitter.com/MItRuJkCU4
Recently the TCI DPLUS 153 team spent some time visiting landing sites across Providenciales, North and Middle Caicos! They engaged in diverse stakeholders regarding fisheries resource changes, data monitoring and management. @Darwin_Defra @JNCC_UK@TCIG_Presspic.twitter.com/nXIq4k1uC5
Small-scale fish. management is often complicated by a lack of consolidated landing sites for targeted landings data collection.On TCI, the DPLUS153 team are exploring practical solutions using fishery stakeholder consultations and site mapping @Darwin_Defra @JNCC_UK@TCIG_Presspic.twitter.com/HBrCZSMKEh
Each island in TCI is unique! This also applies to their fisheries, with each island hosting a diverse array of fish habitats, fishery spp. and community social norms and with different historical changes and perceived threats for the future. @Darwin_Defra @JNCC_UK@TCIG_Presspic.twitter.com/dgf0bkCfdI
Our TCI team visited Provo Seafoods yesterday to collect otolith samples. These will used today in the lab to show attendees how the process of fish ageing works – from collection, through processing, to reading! @TCIG_Press@Darwin_Defra@JNCC_UKpic.twitter.com/Ka7BRwb2aw
That’s a wrap on TCI – Friday 25th March saw the DPlus 153 workshop close after an extremely successful 2 weeks. We’d like to thank all of the participants and partner org’s that made it happen
SAERI welcomes @Ed_Butler_Fish to the team!Ed joins as a Senior Marine & Fisheries Scientist and will be based on the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI),where he will manage the DPlus 153 project:Conserving tropical marine ecosystems in TCI through science-based fisheries management. pic.twitter.com/RVLIA4riTh
