COOPERATION WITH THE CRFM:

STUDY ON THE FORMULATION OF A MASTER PLAN

ON THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF FISHERIES

RESOURCES FOR COASTAL COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN

Prepared by CRFM Secretariat for

CARICOM-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP YEAR REGIONAL FISHERIES WORKSHOP

4-5 December 2014, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

STUDY PHASES

STUDY CONCEPTS

Source:

PILOT PROJECTS

PILOT PROJECT

HOST COUNTRY

Coastal fisheries resources

management

(Pelagic and Demersal species)

St. Lucia

Dominica

Aquaculture

Jamaica

Belize

Fisheries Statistics

St. Vincent and the

Grenadines

Guyana

FAD PILOT STUDY

Fishers’ FAD Workshops & Interviews

Training & monitoring of fish and fisher

Field trials – feed, stock & monitoring

AQUACULTURE PILOT STUDY

Workshops & Training

STATISTICS PILOT STUDY Interviews & training

Field work & monitoring

Contents

Mission

Guiding Principles and

Vision

Geography

Biology and Ecology

Legal Context

Management Unit

Status of the Fishery

Data, Monitoring &

Research Requirements

Management Advice

& Implementation Plan

Source:

Recommendations for CRFM

CRFM CHALLENGES

1. COMMUNICATION 2. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

(GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE, FISHERS) 3. DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL

AND ECONOMIC COUNTRY SITUATIONS

CRFM

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CRFM

1. CHANGE COMMUNICATION MODE (ONLINE

MEETINGS, MORE USE OF INTERNET)

2.ESTABLISH REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS / USE

& MOBILISE REGIONAL EXPERTS (MAKE MORE

USE OF SUB-SECTOR EXPERTS)

3.RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES (WORKING GROUP – REGIONAL EXPERT- COUNTRY

RELATIONS)

4.SELECT COUNTRIES FOR TESTING IDEAS (USE FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENTS & CHAMPIONS TO PUSH

IDEAS)

Contents

Mission

Guiding Principles and

Vision

Geography

Biology and Ecology

Legal Context

Management Unit

Status of the Fishery

Data, Monitoring &

Research Requirements

Management Advice

& Implementation Plan

Source:

Recommendations for CRFM

WITH PARALLEL

STRUCTURE

PROPOSED FOR

NATIONAL LEVEL

Source:

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CRFM

CRFM

NATIONAL MINISTRY

HEAD OF FISHERIES DEPARTMENT/ DIVISION

NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS, PROGRAMMES, PROJECTS

CRFM MINISTERIAL COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN FISHERIES FORUM

REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS, PROGRAMMES,

PROJECTS

THANK YOU JAPAN!