Combining local ecological knowledge and ciguatera analysis to rule lionfish toxicity and edibility and catalyse infestation control
Brief Description:
Contributions to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG’s)
Other Regional and Global Commitments
Using local ecological knowledge to select a sample of individual lionfish, the project will undertake chemical toxicity analysis to determine their edibility. The results will inform a Humpback whale with calf in Agoa marine mammal sanctuary lionfish control strategy for Saint-Barthélemy. This is a BEST 2 initiative project.
Utilizando el conocimiento ecológico local para seleccionar una muestra de pez león, y llevar a cabo un análisis de toxicidad química para determinar su comestibilidad. Los resultados informarán a una ballena jorobada con cría en la estrategia de control del pez león del santuario de mamíferos marinos de Agoa para Saint-Barthélemy. Este es un proyecto de iniciativa BEST 2.
Lead Organization : Agence Territoriale de l'Environnement de Saint-Barthélemy (ATE)
Donor: European Commission Directorate General for International Cooperation (DG-DEVCO)
Project ID:
Geographic Scope:
National
Project Status: Completed
Start Date: 2017-01-04
End Date: 2018-01-09
Last Update: 11/01/2021
Start Date: 2017-01-04
End Date: 2018-01-09
Project Profile Manager: Olivier Raynaud
Contact Email: olivier.raynaud@agence-environnement.fr
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: olivier.raynaud@agence-environnement.fr
Contact Phone:
Partners: Anguilla National Trust, IUCN
Grant (USD):
$144,980.00
Total co-financing (USD):
$59,020.00
(Co) financing not originating from GEF:
Participating Country(s):
Saint Barthélemy
Contributions to the 10-year CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (2015-2025)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S1_ICON_C.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S2_ICON_BN.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S3_ICON_BN.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S4_ICON_BN.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S4A_ICON_BN.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S4B_ICON_BN.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S5_ICON_BN.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S5A_ICON_BN.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S5B_ICON_BN.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/S6_ICON_BN.fw.png)
Please click on the colored SAP Strategy icon to obtain more information on the specific SAP Actions this initiative is contributing to (double-click to hide again)
Contributions to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG’s)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_1_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_2_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_3_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_4_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_5_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_6_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_7_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_8_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_9_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_10_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_11_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_12_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_13_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_14.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_15_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_16_B.fw.png)
![](https://clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_17_B.fw.png)
![](https://www.clmeplus.org/app/themes/clme-theme/dist/images/sdg17/F_SDG_Logo_UN.png)
Please click on the SDG14 colored icon to see to which specific SDG14 targets this initiative is contributing.
Other Regional and Global Commitments