Meetings Regional Meetings
Key participants from all over the Caribbean met in Puerto Rico on 3-6 September to plan to write up of a Regional Lionfish Control Strategy. The workshop was organized by ICRI’s Regional Lionfish Committee (RLC). The Strategy is now under development and will be promoted in relevant international fora.
Participants:
- Lad Akins.- Director of Special Projects, Reef Environmental Education Foundation
- James Morris .- Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, National Ocean Service (NOS), NOAA
- Dayne Buddo.- Academic Coordinator, Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
- Lakeshia Anderson.- The Bahamas National Trust
- Ruben Torres .- Parque Nacional Submarino La Caleta, Dominican Republic-Reef Check
- Melina Laurent .- DEAL Guadeluope SAPNSP
- Craig Lilyestrom.-Director Marine Resources Division. Dept. of Natural and Environmental Resources
- Naitram (Bob) Ramnanan.- Scientist/ IAS Coordinator and Regional Representative – Caribbean and Central America (CABI) Trinidad and Tobago
- Graciela García-Moliner.- US Department of Commerce, Caribbean Fishery Management Council
- Maren Headley.- Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)
- Ricardo Gómez.- CONANP, México
- Michael Trulson.- State Department, USA.
- Franck Gourdin.- CAR-SPAW
Workshop coordinator: Ricardo Gómez.- Regional Lionfish Committee / ICRI
Facilitator: Ruben Torres.- Dominican Republic-Reef Check
Upcoming activities:
September 30 – Deadline for integrating input from participants
November 1 – Integration of draft strategy, sending stakeholders for review (ICRI, CARICOM, SPAW-RAC…)
January 31, 2013 – Deadline for reviews and integrate final document
February 28, 2013 – Publication of the strategy
