{"id":17972,"date":"2026-09-11T13:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=17972"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:29:33","slug":"24th-eastern-caribbean-ministerial-meeting-on-fisheries-and-the-sustainable-use-of-living-aquatic-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/24th-eastern-caribbean-ministerial-meeting-on-fisheries-and-the-sustainable-use-of-living-aquatic-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"24th Eastern Caribbean Ministerial Meeting on Fisheries and the Sustainable Use of Living Aquatic Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17973 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/793158929_1519270633553278_8978802581189780127_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/793158929_1519270633553278_8978802581189780127_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/793158929_1519270633553278_8978802581189780127_n.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On Thursday 3rd September, 2026 the Honourable Randy Baltimore, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and the Blue Economy participated in the 24th Eastern Caribbean Ministerial Meeting on Fisheries and the Sustainable Use of Living Aquatic Resources held in St. George\u2019s, Grenada.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">During a presentation on \u201cthe Status of Fisheries in the Caribbean Region\u201d, Minister Baltimore called for a collective shift in the way of doing business by fisherfolk within the Region. He emphasized that a more business focused approach should be adopted by fisherfolk to increase revenue and uplift the productivity of the entire sector across the OECS. Minister Baltimore also stated that the Region should explore fish farming and fish ranching to complement traditional methods of fishing, which would create employment and provide additional revenue streams for those within the industry.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Furthermore, the Minister supported the call for the establishment of an OECS Business Forum on Fisheries, which was suggested by Ambassador Daven Joseph. The proposed Business Forum would seek to encourage greater Public-Private Partnerships to allow for further investment, greater research through data collection, and renewed interest in the fisheries sector.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting held in collaboration with the Government of Japan and the six Member States of the OECS, focused on the opportunities and challenges faced in the fisheries sector. The delegation of Antigua and Barbuda also comprised of His Excellency Mr. Daven Joseph, IWC Commissioner; Ms. Ann-Louise Hill, Director of the Blue Economy (Ag); and Mr. Kurt M. Williams, Senior Foreign Service Officer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 3rd September, 2026 the Honourable Randy Baltimore, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and the Blue Economy participated in the 24th Eastern Caribbean Ministerial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17974,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17972\/revisions\/17974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}