 The global outbreak of COVID-19 has created many challenges for individuals in the fishing sector, including decreased demand, the unreliable market for fish, and reduced access to fishing. In an effort to provide relief for FisherFork currently being affected by the pandemic, eligible FisherFork will receive a one-time grant of $500 from the Government of St. Lucia. Speaking at the hand-in-over ceremony for the relief program, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Natural Resources, and Cooperatives, Barrymore Feliciae, affirms that the ministry will continue to work to safeguard the livelihoods of FisherFork across St. Lucia. Today, we are pleased as the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Natural Resources, and Cooperatives to be part of the rollout and to deliver on our income, our COVID response plan, and adjusted what was input support to now income support to the fishers. So, initially, the idea was to provide $900 worth of fuel to both of us owners, and since having consultations with the various cooperatives, we found it to be more equitable to provide that support to eligible fishers, both owners and group. So, we see that it would have impacted a larger number of persons and created a greater impact. FisherFork Cooperatives, island-wide, have agreed to facilitate the payment of the grant to both members and non-members of the FisherFork Cooperative Societies. Vice President of the St. Lucia FisherFork Cooperative Society, Devon Stevens, expresses gratitude to the Government of St. Lucia for ensuring the income support initiative comes to fruition. When the stimulus package, well, what they actually decided on, the $900, well, it was more or less a voucher to the boat owners, when they revised it and they said that, you know, we wouldn't have met the, you know, we wouldn't have reached out to the crew. And, you know, given each fisher $500, well, each registered fisher that is $500, it would have made a greater impact. And I want to, you know, say thank you, Mr. Permanent Secretary for that. To qualify for the income support program from the Government of St. Lucia, FisherFork must be registered with the Department of Fisheries and also be captured on the 2019-2021 Fish and License application as a boat owner or captain and crew associated with the vessel. From the information unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Anisia Antoine reporting.