Operation & Management Plan

Date: 10 March 2021
Client: Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
Category: Aquaculture, Report
Address: 6 Hope Gardens, Kingston

Operation & Management Plan: Mariculture Demonstration Facility

This operation and management plan is developed for the mariculture demonstration facility at the Fisheries Division’s Bowden Mariculture Facility. This manual includes human resource requirements, organisational structures, and management protocols. The manual includes a technical description of the design with system specifications (design and biological specifications, water quality limits, technical equipment information and energy requirements), production plan, and operational procedures for the hatchery and grow-out activities.

Operational procedures include broodstock management, egg collection and incubation, larval rearing, husbandry, feed management, water quality management, disease control, harvesting and transportation, staff training and record keeping.

Project Targets

The objective of this operation and management plan is to outline how the mariculture demonstration facility management will function. It includes management structures, organization charts and decision-making structures, an overview of targeted activities, an overview of Human Resource needs and operation protocols and guidelines. The purpose of the mariculture demonstration centre is to provide training and demonstration activities to build capacity and promote mariculture in Jamaica.

The project aims to achieve the following components:

Strengthening the fisheries policy and regulatory framework.
Diversification and fisheries-based alternative livelihoods,
Building capacity and raising awareness
Project management and monitoring and evaluation,

The development objective of the Promoting Community-based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project for Jamaica is to increase the adoption of climate resilient practices among targeted fishing and fish farming communities in Jamaica

This assignment intends to assist National Fisheries Authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) in realising the aquaculture potentials of Jamaica.

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Telephone

+1 876 948 9014

Email Address

fisheries@nfa.gov.jm

Office Address

2C Newport East, Kingston, Jamaica