Aquaculture workshop held at Tilapia Hatchery Center at Central Farm

An aquaculture workshop was held Yesterday at the Tilapia Hatchery Center at Central Farm, Cayo District.

Two aquaculture experts from CEFAS, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, an agency under the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK, conducted the workshop. CEFAS seeks national and international networking in areas of aquaculture and marine science, and are in Belize to help examine how Belize can deal with issues related to development and future planning in aquaculture, fisheries and food security.

They are part of a UK delegation that is in country holding a series of workshops, meetings and seminars to assist in sectors like agriculture, mariculture, aquaculture and the environment. The UK Delegation are in Belize to launch the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) funded under the UK’s Blue Planet Fund (BPF) in Belize. They will continue to hold workshops and meetings tomorrow and Wednesday as the linkages to establish projects beneficial to Belize are explored.

Several participants from local shrimp farms and seaweed farms participated virtually in the workshop along with the participants from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise and the Tilapia Hatchery Center who were physically at the workshop.