The main forthcoming regional fisheries agreement is the CARICOM Common Fisheries Policy (CCCFP), which is currently at stage of legal review. Key headline elements of the CCCFP are:
In addition to the CCCFP, all members of CRFM signed up to the Castries Declaration on IUU fishing ; this requires them to develop a plan to eliminate IUU fishing by vessels registered in that country, including establishment of a database of registered and IUU vessels, and cooperation with neighbouring countries to eliminate cross-boundary IUU.
Guyana is a signatory to UNCLOS (ratified in 1993). A maritime boundary with Suriname has been agreed, but there remains a border dispute with Venezuela affecting both the land border and the delineation of the EEZs.