Connections 12 December2005
An electronic bulletin about interdisciplinary research, teaching and outreach at the
Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus
The first semester in the 2005-2006 academic year has
Robin Mahon, Hazel Oxenford and Kim Baldwin also
nearly ended, and taken the calendar year with it. New
attended GCFI. Paper and posters presented included:
semester and year quickly approaching! CERMES has
· Pomeroy, R. and P. McConney. `Conditions for
been quite busy over the past couple of months. See
successful fisheries adaptive co-management in the
what we have been up to. Best regards to you for 2006.
wider Caribbean'.
CERMES looms large at the annual
· Mahon, R., C. Parker, T. Sinckler, S. Willoughby,
and J. Johnson. `The value of Barbados' Fisheries:
meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean
a preliminary assessment'.
Fisheries Institute in Colombia
· Pena, M., K. Blackman, C. Hanson, P. McConney,
M. Miller. `Socioeconomic information for managing
CERMES had a strong presence at the 58th annual
fisheries in the Negril Marine Park'.
meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
· Miller, M., E. Bartley, D. Grant, C, Hanson, R. Kelly,
(GCFI) this year. The conference was held on San
Andres Island, Colombia, from 7 to 12 November.
J. Masters. P. McConney. `Towards a fisheries
management plan for the Negril Marine Park,
Jamaica'.
Barbadian fisherman Anderson Kinch, was awarded the
GCFI's Peter Gladding Memorial Award for Commercial
· Baldwin, K., A. Smith. `Implementing `Reef Check'
Fishers. The award fully sponsored his participation at
in St. Vincent and the Grenadines:
the meeting in recognition of the contribution he has
Recommendations for long-term sustainability and
made to promoting responsible fishing in the region. He
management of marine resources within the
is one of the few fishermen to deliver oral presentations
Grenadines bank'.
at the GCFI in recent years. Mr. Kinch is a member of
· Cook, A., R. Mahon and P. McConney. `Livelihoods
the fisheries minister's Fisheries Advisory Committee in
analysis of water taxi operators in the Grenadines
Barbados, and is a pelagic longline captain and boat
Islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and
owner. He is seen below with outgoing GCFI Chairman,
Grenada'. (poster)
Bob Glazer, and other award winners in San Andres.
· Simmons, B. and P. McConney. `Tobago Cays
Marine Park: are the conditions for successful co-
management likely to be met'. (poster)
· Rawlins, M., H. A. Oxenford and P. Fanning. 2005.
`Buffet menu or à la carte? Diets of large pelagic
fishes landed in Barbados'. (poster)
· Headley, M., H. A. Oxenford and P. Fanning. 2005.
`Size matters: At least for blackfin tuna feeding in
Tobago'. (poster, shown below )
CERMES CORECOMP sponsored the participation of
Patrick McConney, Maria Pena, Bertha Simmons, Chris
Parker, Robert Pomeroy, Jack Nightingale and Karen
Joseph. Joined also by Lindsay Garbutt, these project
participants held the CORECOMP terminal meeting
which evaluated aspects of the project, identified final
activities and recommended a project publication as a
means of capturing the perspectives of the participants
and for recording lessons learned about coastal and
marine resource co-management through the project.
Other posters also grabbed attention (above) and,
The final meeting on these projects is scheduled for 26-
in addition to making presentations (below left),
27 January 2006 in Negril along with the inception
some of us got to experience the local culture and
training workshop of the new CERMES regional MPA
fishing industry (below right) courtesy of our kind
management effectiveness project. CERMES partner
hosts at CORALINA. It was an excellent meeting.
from the University of Connecticut, Robert Pomeroy, will
be leading this training workshop. Others are planned
for the Tobago Cays Marine Park in the Grenadines on
19-20 December, and for the Sapodilla Cays Marine
Reserve in Belize on 21-22 January.
Senior staffers Louisville study tour
Robin Mahon and Leonard Nurse participated in a visit
to Louisville University in Louisville, Kentucky, from 15-
16 November 2005. The team from Cave Hill Campus,
UWI, was lead by Deputy Principal, Prof. Leo Moseley
and included Dr. John Charlery, from the Department of
Hazel Oxenford and Patrick McConney also attended
Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Physics. The
several GCFI Board Meetings. Hazel assisted with the
purpose of the visit as it relates to CERMES was to:
grading of student presentations for travel awards and
· Explore opportunities for collaboration on climate
worked with the GCFI Publications Sub-Committee.
change studies and teaching,
· Learn about disaster risk reduction and response at
Other events also took place at GCFI
the Louisville campus, and explore opportunities for
Hazel Oxenford, Patrick McConney and Kim Baldwin
collaboration in setting up a similar system here
also participated in The Nature Conservancy and GCFI
· Explore opportunities for collaboration in a service
workshop "Meeting the needs of marine conservation
learning programme.
practitioners in the Latin American and Caribbean
region: Marine biodiversity assessment and community
CERMES outreach for international
participation in MPA planning and management", where
treaties and scientific publications
Patrick McConney made a presentation (on behalf of
Robin Mahon) on the IOCARIBE Caribbean Large
Neetha Selliah attended a workshop on Barbados'
Marine Ecosystem Project. He also presented SocMon
Second National Communications to the United Nations
Caribbean to the group, along with Arie Sanders from
Framework Convention on Climate Change. She also
the University of Zamorano in Honduras who is leading
attended a meeting for the Government of Barbados
SocMon for the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.
National Consultation for the preparation of Barbados'
Third National Report to the Convention on Biological
4Cs Project continues in Negril
Diversity (CDB).
Patrick McConney, Maria Pena and CERMES student
Hazel Oxenford attended a meeting of the Government
Katherine Blackman worked in Negril, Jamaica, from
of Barbados CITES Scientific Authority to discuss the
21-25 November to continue assisting the Negril Coral
status of the national CITES legislation as well as take
Reef Preservation Society (NCRPS) and its partners
decisions in preparation for the next CITES Conference
with projects on socio-economic monitoring and
of Parties meeting. She also was reviewer for papers
fisheries management planning for the Negril Marine
submitted to the `Marine Ecology Progress Series' and
Park. On this visit five community meetings and a multi-
`Ocean and Coastal Management' scientific journals.
stakeholder forum were held to provide feedback to
Watch for updated web site soon
participants on the findings of previous research. The
meetings were held on fishing beaches where fishers
Dale Benskin, our new information technologist, is in
gather (left photo), and in more formal places (right).
the process of updating our web site. Watch that cyber
space for new CERMES products coming to you soon.
CERMES Phone (246)-417-4316; Fax (246)-424-4204; cermes@uwichill.edu.bb; www.cavehill.uwi.edu/cermes
Mailing address: CERMES, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, St. Michael, Barbados