FISH4ACP Guyana

FISH4ACP Unlocking the potential of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific

Guyana

FISH4ACP aims to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the Atlantic seabob fishery in Guyana, where local demand is expected WHAT WE focus to rise as a consequence of emerging oil and gas production. At the same time, FISH4ACP will ensure that economic improvements on go hand in hand with environmental sustainability and social inclusiveness. → Value chain analysis to improve Guyana’s Atlantic seabob value chain. VALUE CHAIN AT A GLANCE → Opening up new markets for small and medium Atlantic seabob enterprises, including for (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) value-added products from bycatch and waste.

→ Improving safety and workers’ rights in Guyana’s seabob sector and strengthen the role of women and youth.

→ Making seabob fishing more environmentally sustainable by reducing bycatch of PRODUCTION METHOD VOLUMES * VALUE * endangered species.

Wild caught, → Helping businesses access artisanal and 20 000 USD 50 tonnes million (est.) additional sources of finance industrial and investment. * Primary production Facts figures

Guyana’s& annual harvest of Atlantic seabob is 20 000 tonnes worth an estimated USD 50 million.

According to a 2019 assessment, Atlantic seabob is healthy and fully © Ralph Lauer/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Wire/Alamy © Ralph Lauer/ZUMA exploited and a new Harvest came into Guyana is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic seabob, a commercially Control Rule force in to better monitor important shrimp captured from the Atlantic coast of the US all the way down to 2020 the fishery. Brazil.

In Guayana, seabob is fished by industrial trawlers and by artisanal fishers. Most Guyana’s seabob fishery includes of the industrial catch is processed into frozen, peeled shrimp to supply both local 87 licensed trawlers and and international markets, making seabob Guyana’s most important seafood 305 artisanal fyke net vessels, export. Seabob landed by artisanal fishers and bycatch of commercial value, as well as processing facilities. including white belly shrimp, are processed into dried and smoked products or sold fresh on local markets. The three largest processing facilities employ some 1 600 individuals, FISH4ACP aims to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of Atlantic 45 percent of whom seabob fisheries in Guyana, where local demand is expected to rise as a are women. consequence of emerging oil and gas production. The Marine Steward Council certification obtained in 2019 will help to consolidate the position of the sector in In 2019, Guyana’s industrial existing markets and facilitate access to new ones. seabob fishery received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). FISH4ACP will work to increase the production of small-scale fishers in the sector certification. and strengthen the role of women and youth, while seeking to improve safety and workers’ rights. At the same time, it will support efforts to reduce bycatch, in particular of endangered species, such as the electric ray.

FISH4ACP is an initiative of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) aimed at making fisheries and aquaculture value chains in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific more sustainable. FISH4ACP is implemented by FAO and partners with funding from the European This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The views expressed herein can in no way be taken Union (EU) and the German Federal to reflect the official opinion of the EU, the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States and BMZ. Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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