The public is invited to attend the annual Fisherman’s Day activities at Long Bay Beach, Beef Island, scheduled for Friday, June 30.

The annual fishing tournament starts at 4:00 a.m. From 10:00 a.m. onwards there will be several activities and events for all ages, including the judging of the fishing tournament, solider crab races and free health screening. Food vendors will be present and entertainment will be provided by local DJs and Showtime Band.

Fisherfolk and other interested persons are invited to a series of consultations to be hosted by the Ministry Natural Resources and Labour and the Conservation and Fisheries Department on the following dates.

Representatives from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour and the Conservation and Fisheries Department are pictured with students of the Cedar International School.

The Virgin Islands was recently featured as a destination in the NBC television series, ‘Let’s Take It Outside’. 

In strengthening and growing the fisheries sector into a full-fledged economic pillar, the Virgin Islands will soon engage the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) in the UK.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is steadily moving forward to make fishing a third economic pillar and sustainable sector in the Territory with the launch of the Fisheries Advisory Committee.

The Conservation and Fisheries Department is reminding the public, particularly the fishing and hospitality community that it is illegal to fish for, obtain or possess sea-turtle meat or bi-products.

All fisherfolk are invited to a meeting at the Fishlock Hall, Botanical Gardens, on Monday, May 9, at 10:00 a.m.  

An 18 month sea-bed mapping project and hydrographic survey on a specified 13.5 square miles (or 35 square kilometres) area off the coast of Tortola, was completed last month.

The Conservation and Fisheries Department is informing the public that the Virgin Expressions Talent Showcase slated for Saturday, October 24 has been cancelled.