Caribbean fisheries feed families and earn foreign exchange, and they sit on the front line of warming seas. I work with fisheries departments and fisherfolk on sanctuaries, governance and adaptation plans, and bring that evidence to the UN World Ocean Assessment and the Ocean Decade.
Jamaica's National Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for fisheries
Fish sanctuary design in Portland Bight and support to C-FISH sanctuaries in four countries
World Bank fisheries governance work in the Eastern Caribbean
Management plan review for the Pedro Cays
Co-Principal Investigator
World Bank
Analysis and consultations with fisheries departments and fisherfolk to shape World Bank fisheries investments.
Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada
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Lead Consultant
KfW
Compared candidate sites for a new no-take fish sanctuary in Jamaica's largest protected area, weighing reef condition against fisher needs.
Jamaica
Principal Investigator
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)
Wrote the national plan for how Jamaica's fisheries sector adapts to climate change.
Jamaica
Co-Investigator
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Assessed the storm protection that mangroves, seagrass and reefs provide, and trained national teams to use nature-based adaptation.
Grenada, Jamaica
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Technical Review of the Management Plan for the Pedro Cays and Surrounding Reefs
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) · Jamaica
Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on the Fisheries Sector in Jamaica
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) · Jamaica
Caribbean Fish Sanctuary Partnership Initiative
UK Department for International Development (DFID) · Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines