The Administration Unit is the support
arm of the Department that is tasked with the responsibility of License Issuance,
Revenue Collection, Human Resource, Accounts, Purchase, Stores and Security.
Projects
PREPAC
The PREPAC project was a project funded by the Taiwanese
Government, through SICA OSPESCA for Central America. The project entailed
the identification of inland water bodies within the various countries and
selection of one as a case study. Belize identified the New River Lagoon for
which characterization of the lagoon was made. Activities on the second phase
include the collection of socio-economic, physical, biological and environmental
data of the lagoon. This information will form the basis for the formulation
of a management plan for the New River Lagoon, which will in turn assist in
the formulation of a Continental Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Plan
for the Central American Isthmus.
MBRS
The MBRS Project is funded by the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) and the Governments of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. The
project is implemented by the World Bank and is executed by the four countries
through the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD)
of the System for Central American Integration (SICA). The MBRS project is
being executed by the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU) on behalf of CCAD, with
headquarters in Belize City, Belize.The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Project goal is to enhance
protection of the unique and vulnerable marine ecosystems comprising the MBRS,
and to assist the countries of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras to strengthen
and coordinate regional policies, regulations, and institutional arrangements
for the conservation and sustainable use of this global public good. The MBRS
Project assist in training for staff in monitoring, for fisheries in alternative
livelihoods, and finances to conduct monitoring such as SYNOPTIC Monitoring
for corals, sea grass, mangroves and fish.
CRFM
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism is a project opened
to the governments of Caribbean Countries with headquarters in Belize City.
The vision of CRFM is “To promote sustainable use of fisheries and aquaculture
resources in and among Member States, by development, management and conservation
of these resources in collaboration with stakeholders to benefit the people
of the Caribbean region.” The project has various projects such as:CFRAMP which is aimed at promoting sustainable utilization, conservation and management
of the fishery resources of member countries. The ACP-EU Fisheries Project, "Strengthening of Fisheries
and Biodiversity Management in ACP Countries", which was initiated in
late 1997 and has the participation of the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic,
Haiti and Suriname, in addition to the twelve CARICOM countries
The "Integrated
Caribbean Regional Agricultural and Fisheries Development Program - Fisheries
Component" (CARIFORUM), funded by the European Union under Lome IV,
which is intended to augment the efforts of CFRAMP and extend it to the other
four CARICOM countries, namely Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Suriname.
Implementation of this project commenced in August of 1999. |
