Media Releases

  • NEPA Investigates Fish Kill in Portmore, St Catherine
    Published Date: September 22, 2022
    / 22 Sep 22 /

    Attention: All News Editors

    Kingston, Jamaica

    (22 September 2022):

     

    NEPA Investigates Fish Kill in Portmore, St Catherine

    Yesterday at approximately 12PM the National Environment and Planning Agency received reports of a fish kill in the Bridgeport area of Portmore, St Catherine.

    The Agency’s pollution response team was immediately deployed and conducted a joint investigation with the National Fisheries Authority.

  • NEPA advises the public on possible environmental impacts associated with Tropical Depression Nine
    Published Date: September 23, 2022
    / 24 Sep 22 /

    Kingston, Jamaica

    Attention: All News Editors   

    (23 September 2022):

     

    NEPA advises the public on possible environmental impacts associated with Tropical Depression Nine

    The National Environment and Planning Agency is advising the public to take precautions as the nation gears up for Tropical Depression 9 which is expected to commence impacting Jamaica and its territorial waters by Saturday afternoon.

  • Men fined for hunting in the Game Reserve
    Published Date: September 29, 2022
    / 30 Sep 22 /

    Attention: All News Editors     

    Kingston, Jamaica                                                           

    (29 September 2022):

    MEN FINED FOR HUNTING IN GAME RESERVE

    Ron Williams and Andrew Taylor were charged and prosecuted by the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA)/National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) for breaches of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1945. The individuals charged pleaded guilty to the when they appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday, 27 September 2022.

  • Fish samples
    NEPA concludes investigations into fish kill
    Published Date: September 30, 2022
    / 01 Oct 22 /

    Attention: All News Editors

    Kingston, Jamaica

     (30 September 2022)

    The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has concluded its investigations of the recent fish kill which occurred at the Dawkins Pond in St Catherine, on 21 September 2022. The Agency has surmised that the die-off of these fish was due to low oxygen levels in the water.

  • NEPA CONFIRMS NO SPILL IN RIO COBRE RIVER
    Published Date: August 24, 2022
    / 24 Aug 22 /

    Attention: All News Editors                                    

    23 August 2022

    Kingston, Jamaica

    NEPA CONFIRMS NO SPILL IN RIO COBRE RIVER

    This morning at approximately 8am, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) received a video report that was being widely circulated of an alleged pollution incident along the Rio Cobre River at Zephyrton, close to the Linstead area in St Catherine.