US team, Agri ministry to develop plan to boost sport-fishing

US Ambassador D Brent Hardt says a US team will be collaborating with the Agriculture ministry to develop an inland fisheries management plan as it takes steps to widen Guyana’s eco-tourism product. He was speaking at a reception he hosted late last month for sport fishing enthusiasts, travel writers and other eco-tourism stakeholders.

A press release from the US Embassy said the new initiative which is coordinated by the United States Agency for International Development/Guyana Trade and Investment Support (USAID/GTIS) Project aims to bring together local government, US investors,