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Last Updated: Jul 1, 2017 - 1:47:02 AM |
Angela Mitchell, Head of Conference Services.
(BIS Photo/Kristaan Ingraham)
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Nassau, The Bahamas -- The Ministry of Agriculture & Marine Resources announced the Government of The Bahamas, along with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, will partner in hosting the 5th Meeting of ACP Ministers in Charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the nation's capital, in September.
Some 40 international delegates will meet for consensus on policy and strategic options for marine resources, in the development of a five-year action plan for member states.
Pictured from left at Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources: Greg Burrows, Sr. Economist; Rena Glinton, Permanent Secretary; Angela Mitchell, ACP Secretariat Conference Head; Edison Deleveaux, Actg. Director, Marine Resources; and Angela Albury, Deputy Permanent Secretary. (BIS Photo/Gena Gibbs)
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Representing the African, Caribbean and Pacific group was Angela Mitchell, Head of Conference Services, ACP Secretariat Brussels, Belgium, who met with Ministry of Agriculture and Marina Resources Permanent Secretary Rena Glinton at the offices of the Ministry on June 6.
The planned dates of the ACP meeting are September 18-22, 2017 at Melia Nassau Beach resort.
Delegates will focus on building resilient and productive marine ecosystems, ensuring effective fisheries management, ensuring sustainable utilization and trade of fisheries products, and promoting investments and innovations in the fisheries sector to improve socio-economic development -- within best practices to accommodate the realities of climate change.
Rena Glinton, Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Agriculture & Marine Resources (left) with Ms. Mitchell at Ministry's headquarters on East Bay Street. (BIS Photo/Gena Gibbs)
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Jan McCartney, Project Coordinator, Conference Division, LOC BAHAMAS (left) and Ms. Mitchell. (BIS Photo/Kristaan Ingraham)
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Stakeholders meeting at Balmoral House conference room on June 6th, 2017. (BIS Photo/Kristaan Ingraham)
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