BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a5159c7ab0d5 DTSTART:20221017T120000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221017T210000Z LOCATION:St George'\;s\, Grenada SUMMARY:Grenada Queen Conch Stock Assessment Workshop CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Seizing the trade and business potential of Blue BioTrade produ cts for promoting sustainable livelihoods andconservation of marine divers ity in selected Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries project. (UNCTAD-OECS Blue BioTrade project)The queen conch (Strombus gig as) is a highly appreciated seafood delicacy with important non-food uses\ , including therapeutic products and handicrafts. Whilst global demand is booming\, small-scale coastal producers in the Eastern Caribbean do not fu lly seize the opportunities offered by sustainable conch markets. In Grena da alone\, fishery efforts have been in decline for at least a decade\, ma king it the smallest conch fishery in Caribbean Regional Fisheries. Regret tably\, this is despite the country’s notable seafood processing and con ch value addition capacity. Crucially\, the queen conch is a CITES Append ix II-listed species\, which means that its trade should be subject to reg ulations compatible with legal\, traceable and sustainable use. As of 2022 \, Grenada has been subject to a recommendation to suspend trade under CIT ES\, linked to its non- submission of annual reports (all trade including the queen conch) since 2013\, and another suspension linked to a CITES Rev iew of Significant Trade (RST) for the queen conch since 2006. In May 2022 \, Grenada had provisionally avoided a third suspension under the National Legislation Project through the technical assistance of the Blue BioTrade project partners.In response to the immediate and long-term need to enabl e legal\, sustainable and traceable trade of queen conch through the imple mentation of Blue BioTrade concept in Grenada\, UNCTAD and the OECS (with the financial support of the European Union) are organising a workshop whi ch aims to train the staff of the Grenada Fisheries Division on how to ass ess the queen conch population including the estimation of density\, abund ance and biomass availability in two selected primary fishing grounds arou nd Carriacou and Petit Martinique and the South of Grenada Island (Callist e and Saint George). Participants will also receive a four-day training on (i) underwater queen conch field survey methodology (ii) how to process\, analyse and interpret the results\, as well as (iii) estimate a Total All owable Catch (TAC) limit\, all of which envisaged to inform the setting of a national catch quota. Complementarily\, a closed fishing season period to protect the stock and support breeding during spawning season will be r ecommended. https://unctad.org/publication/blue-biotrade-grenada-developi ng-value-sustainable-trade-and-production-queen-conch\n\nView meeting on u nctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/grenada-queen-conch-stock-assessment -workshop DTSTAMP:20260710T204455Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a5159c7ab136 DTSTART:20221018T120000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221018T210000Z LOCATION:St George'\;s\, Grenada SUMMARY:Grenada Queen Conch Stock Assessment Workshop CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Seizing the trade and business potential of Blue BioTrade produ cts for promoting sustainable livelihoods andconservation of marine divers ity in selected Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries project. (UNCTAD-OECS Blue BioTrade project)The queen conch (Strombus gig as) is a highly appreciated seafood delicacy with important non-food uses\ , including therapeutic products and handicrafts. Whilst global demand is booming\, small-scale coastal producers in the Eastern Caribbean do not fu lly seize the opportunities offered by sustainable conch markets. In Grena da alone\, fishery efforts have been in decline for at least a decade\, ma king it the smallest conch fishery in Caribbean Regional Fisheries. Regret tably\, this is despite the country’s notable seafood processing and con ch value addition capacity. Crucially\, the queen conch is a CITES Append ix II-listed species\, which means that its trade should be subject to reg ulations compatible with legal\, traceable and sustainable use. As of 2022 \, Grenada has been subject to a recommendation to suspend trade under CIT ES\, linked to its non- submission of annual reports (all trade including the queen conch) since 2013\, and another suspension linked to a CITES Rev iew of Significant Trade (RST) for the queen conch since 2006. In May 2022 \, Grenada had provisionally avoided a third suspension under the National Legislation Project through the technical assistance of the Blue BioTrade project partners.In response to the immediate and long-term need to enabl e legal\, sustainable and traceable trade of queen conch through the imple mentation of Blue BioTrade concept in Grenada\, UNCTAD and the OECS (with the financial support of the European Union) are organising a workshop whi ch aims to train the staff of the Grenada Fisheries Division on how to ass ess the queen conch population including the estimation of density\, abund ance and biomass availability in two selected primary fishing grounds arou nd Carriacou and Petit Martinique and the South of Grenada Island (Callist e and Saint George). Participants will also receive a four-day training on (i) underwater queen conch field survey methodology (ii) how to process\, analyse and interpret the results\, as well as (iii) estimate a Total All owable Catch (TAC) limit\, all of which envisaged to inform the setting of a national catch quota. Complementarily\, a closed fishing season period to protect the stock and support breeding during spawning season will be r ecommended. https://unctad.org/publication/blue-biotrade-grenada-developi ng-value-sustainable-trade-and-production-queen-conch\n\nView meeting on u nctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/grenada-queen-conch-stock-assessment -workshop DTSTAMP:20260710T204455Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR