{"id":2196,"date":"2008-04-20T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-20T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2008\/04\/20\/jamaicas-fishing-industry-to-get-boost\/"},"modified":"2008-04-20T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-20T17:38:00","slug":"jamaicas-fishing-industry-to-get-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/jamaicas-fishing-industry-to-get-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaicas fishing industry to get boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He said that a comprehensive fisheries policy would be developed in partnership with the FAO and new legislation enacted to create an enabling environment for the effective management of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he indicated that the ministry would be spending $100 million to upgrade the infrastructure of 30 fishing beaches across the island.<\/p>\n<p>Tufton said he has also secured a $50-million loan to aid fisherfolk in accessing modern gear and safety equipment. The loan is primarily for small operators and will be disbursed at a 7.8% interest rate through credit unions and other approved microfinance institutions.<\/p>\n<p>To allow for the continued existence and replenishing of existing marine life, the minister announced that five sanctuaries would be built in Old Harbour Bay, Hellshire, Falmouth, Discovery Bay and Negril.<\/p>\n<p>Complementing these initiatives, Tufton disclosed that a new fisheries advisory board had recently been appointed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This board brings together a cross section of persons with competence and decades of experience in the fishing industry, as well as in marine and environmental issues, so as to guide the industry rebuilding process,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaican Agriculture Minister, Christopher Tufton, told last week that the countrys fishing industry is to get a considerable boost, according to the Jamaica Gleaner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2196"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}