Caribbean Fisheries authority gets new chief, deputy

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 6, 2012 -- Mr. Milton Haughton is the new Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM). Haughton, a Jamaican national, replaces Hugh Saul of Guyana who retired in December 2011. Dr. Susan Singh-Renton, a national of
Trinidad and Tobago has also been appointed the new Deputy Executive Director.

Mr. Haughton was educated at UWI, Mona and the University of Buckingham, England where he did undergraduate and postgraduate studies in marine sciences, fisheries, and general management; and London Metropolitan University, and the College of Law, London, where he studied law.

He has a wealth of experience in fisheries and aquaculture development and governance, coastal and marine resource conservation and management, public administration, project management, and law. Prior to his appointment he worked as Deputy Executive Director for 7 years, and before that as Scientific Director of the CFRAMP Project. Haughton started his career in 1981 at Grace Kennedy and Company Ltd, Jamaica in marketing, trade, processing and harvesting of fish and seafood, later he moved to Jamaica's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries.

Haughton has played a central role in the development and implementation of a number of regional projects including the $20 million Canadian funded CRFAMP project, the Fisheries Component of the EU Funded Integrated Caribbean Regional Fisheries and Agriculture Project, IDRC funded regional project of community-based coastal resource management in the Wider Caribbean, Japanese funded project for the development of a master plan for coastal fisheries development in the CARICOM States, the ACP Fish 1 and 2 Projects, and the GEF funded Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystems Project.

Dr. Susan Singh-Renton, the new Deputy Executive Director, holds masters and doctorate degrees in fisheries biology from the University of Buckingham. The research for her doctorate degree was completed while she was based at the UK’s Fisheries and Food’s Directorate of Fisheries Research Laboratory at Lowestoft in England during 1986-89.

Dr. Singh-Renton also brings to the position over 19 years of work experience in fisheries research and management, during which she has contributed expertise at all stages within the fisheries management framework, from the level of statistics and information to the level of policy analysis and advice.

In 2003, Dr. Singh-Renton became Programme Manager responsible for Research and Resource Assessment at the CRFM. In this capacity, she has served as the lead planner and co-ordinator for CRFM’s annual scientific meetings. These meetings conduct fishery assessments and produce scientific-based management advice on a routine basis, and address capacity building needs. The CRFM has gained international recognition for the work of its annual scientific meetings.

The CRFM is a regional fisheries body established in 2002 by CARICOM governments to coordinate and promote sustainable development and management of the fisheries and aquaculture resources and marine ecosystems of the region.
Contact: crfm@btl.net