Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA) Fish Sanctuary Feasibility Assessment

Year

Location

Organization

Role

Descriptive

May – December 2018

Jamaica (Portland Bight Protected Area)

Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre & Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation

Social Science Expert/Research Lead - led a team of researchers to assess the biophysical and socio-economic conditions for the successful implementation of an additional Fish Sanctuary in the Portland Bight Protected Area under the “Climate Change Adaptation in the Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA), Jamaica”.

Caribbean Coastal Area Management (C-CAM) Foundation has been responsible for the management of 3 Special Fishery Conservation Areas (SFCAs), herein referred to as ‘fish sanctuaries’, since 2009. These 3 fish sanctuaries - Salt Harbour, Galleon Harbour and Three Bays - lie within the PBPA which was designated in 1999. This assessment supports the “Climate Change Adaptation in the Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA), Jamaica” project which is funded by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5Cs) with support from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). The objective is to provide the necessary recommendations toward the establishment of a new fish sanctuary in the PBPA, thus expanding their current network. This recommendation will be guided by available data on biophysical, socio-economic and managerial experience, and will ultimately culminate in a feasibility study.