Caring for the cays

With public consultations on a proposed National Cays Management Policy now at an end, Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change Matthew Samuda has promised that the feedback received will be reviewed to ensure stronger conservation measures and stronger scientific capacity to assess the health of Jamaica’s ecosystems and its fisheries in particular.

“I believe strongly that environmental policy cannot succeed through legislation and regulation alone, it must be supported by public understanding, public participation, and ultimately public ownership.

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Our responsibility as a Government is to bring these perspectives together to evaluate them fairly and to develop a framework that serves the national interest.