by Sheena Forde-Craigg | Jul 15, 2021 | Top Stories
(FP) Barbados has made a call for differential treatment with regard to fishing subsidies, as it reaffirms its commitment to playing its part in sustainable fishing practices. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, made the appeal...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jan 31, 2021 | Ministry News
(FP) The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy (MMABE) has advised all fishing vessels to return to port before the national pause, which takes effect from Wednesday, February 3, and runs until Wednesday, February 17. However, only designated persons will...
by Nya Phillips | Oct 12, 2020 | Top Stories
Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, speaking to the media at the start of the project to construct a new facility at Pile Bay in St. Michael today. (GP) Fisher folk at the Pile Bay Fishing Facility in St. Michael will soon have a spanking...
by BGIS | Feb 19, 2020 | Top Stories
The facilities at Pile Bay, St. Michael. (GP) The Pile Bay Fishing Facility in St. Michael is set for a major overhaul as Government continues to improve the standard of fishing communities and markets across the island. But, a cost is yet to be affixed to the project...
by Paula Harper-Grant | Jun 27, 2019 | Ministry News
(FP) The National Library Service has engaged in an oral history project on the fishing community in Barbados, as part of the lead up to ‘Vision 2020: We Gatherin’. The video project entitled “Voices of the Fisheries” will feature persons involved in trades in the...