Early in 2109, Marine Biodiversity Hub researcher Jacquomo Monk visited the Caribbean island of St Lucia to guide researchers and fisheries officers in the use of baited remote underwater stereo video (stereo BRUV).
Dr Monk’s visit was facilitated by the United Kingdom’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), which supports marine biodiversity mapping and monitoring around the world. Their work in St Lucia is part of a broader UK Government Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) program to better manage St Lucian fisheries and marine protected areas (MPAs).
CEFAS wanted to learn from Dr Monk’s broad experience of deploying stereo BRUVs on Australian rocky reefs in Hub projects led by the University of Tasmania Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies. They are also adopting the Hub’s Field Manuals for Marine Sampling, which Dr Monk co-authored.
The stereo BRUV calibration and deployment - partially conducted near the UNESCO World Heritage listed volcanic spires of the Pitons - worked well in the unfamiliar environment, making a valuable contribution to within country capacity building, an important measure of success for the CME Programme.
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