Helping St. Vincent’s Fishers Maintain an Essential Industry in a Changing Climate | Inter Press Service

Helping St. Vincent’s Fishers Maintain an Essential Industry in a Changing Climate | Inter Press Service





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Helping St. Vincent’s Fishers Maintain an Essential Industry in a Changing Climate

By Kenton X. ChanceReprint |         |  Print | Send by email

KINGSTOWN, Mar 14 2019 (IPS) - From an influx of sargassum in near-shore waters, to fish venturing further out to sea to find cooler, more oxygenated water, fishers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are battling the vagaries of climate change. The country is doing what it can to respond.