Volume 77
Development of a Bespoke Fisheries Information Platform for Barbados
Authors
Kristian Payne, Shelly-Ann Cox, Kyle Foster, Jalisa King, and Adriel Jackman Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2024
Event: Proceedings of the Seventy-Seventh Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Gosier
Country: Guadeloupe, French West Indies
Abstract
Small-scale fisheries across the Caribbean suffer from data scarcity, hampering the development of effective fisheries policies and regulations (Gill et al 2019). Data driven solutions to inform decision making have been heralded as the strategic direction to address existing gaps in data collection mechanisms (Ainsworth et al. 2005, Bhavnah et al. 2020). Digital transformation of the fisheries sector in Barbados has been clearly articulated as a key policy directive in the Barbados Fisheries Policy (BFD 2023). The integration of digital technologies to shore up existing human resource limitations has led to an improved data collection program which has resulted in the generation of many datasets in several formats. This warrants the need for the design and development of a fisheries information platform tailored to the local context in Barbados to provide key data insights and support evidence-based decision making.