CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!April 23rd

Outreach and Education Advisory Panel (OEAP)

Report to the Council

149th CFMC Regular MeetingSt.Croix, USVI

O & E Activities update

• Newsletter will be a Bulletin 4/yr. available on print

and www.caribbeanfmc.com

Please send notes and photos of activities • 2015 Calendar

O & E Activities update (cont.)

• Caribbean Fisheries Teacher’s Resource Book• Fishing App for smart phones (August Meeting)• CFMC brochure (August Meeting)• Collaborating with PR Dept. of Agriculture in the

development of Ruta del pescao.• visual aids to identify changes in the EFH of some

species in FMPs’ Management Units (August Meeting)

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.

– 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

O & E Activities Update (cont.)

O & E Activities Update (cont.)

• Sustainable Seafood Campaign: – workshops held with restaurants on March 24 and

29 and outreach event called “Taste of St. Croix”. 10 restaurants branded Reef Responsible.

• Fuete y Verguilla St. Croix

O & E Activities Update (cont.)

• PR Commercial Fisheries Project (PEPCO)– Funding is needed to expand the Project to other

areas. • Marine Resources Education Program

(MREP)– Steering committee formed

Programa de Educación de Pesca Comercial(Comercial Fishing Education Program)

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

PEPCO – Northwest RegionCamuy

PEPCO – Northeast RegionLoiza

PEPCO – North RegionCataño

PEPCO – West RegionMayaguez

PEPCO – South RegionPonce

PEPCO – Southwest RegionCabo Rojo

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.

EVALUACIONES CURSO PEPCO febrero 19, marzo 5, marzo 19, marzo 21, marzo 24, marzo 27 - 2014

Excelente Bueno Regular Malo Comentarios

Materiales de Estudio 82 / 103 17 / 103 3 / 103

Duracion del Curso 60 / 104 32 / 104 4 / 104 1 / 104 - Mucho timepo (malo)

Proyeccion de los intructores

Camuy 39 / 49 3 / 49 3/49

Loiza

Catano 21 / 22 1 / 22

Mayaguez 13 / 20 6 / 20

Ponce 9 / 11 2 / 11

Cabo Rojo

Contenido del Curso 79 / 104 17 / 104 3 / 104

Facilidades

Camuy 39 / 49 5 / 49 3 / 49

Loiza

Catano 20 / 22 2 / 22

Mayaguez 8 / 20 11 / 20 1 / 20

Ponce 9 / 11 2 / 11

Cabo Rojo

Equipo utilizado 69 / 104 24 / 104 5 / 104

Personal colaborador 82 / 104 11 / 104 4 / 104

GMRI Marine Resource Education Program

• Puerto Rico chapter• First planning committee meeting on March

14, 2014• Steering committee meeting scheduled for

May 9, 2014.

Questions?