Date | Event | Location |
May | ||
1-3 May | Visit of Prof Gullett- Public Lecturer- maritime boundary deligation | Belize City |
May | ACP Fish II Development of Fisheries Act- The Bahamas | The Bahamas |
17-18 May | Summit of Caribbean Political and Business Leaders- TNC | British Virgin Island |
20-24 May | FAO Technical Consultation of SSF | Rome |
22 May to 19 July | IOI Training Programme on Ocean Governance: Policy, Law and Management | Delhousie University, Halifax, Canada |
29-31 May | Regional Workshop on Climate Services | Trinidad & Tobago |
31 May | Seventh Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Meeting | Barbados |
June | ||
3-5 June | FAO Fisheries Co-anagement Workshop | St. Kitts and Nevis |
3-7 June | Caribbean Studies Association Environment and Sustainability Strand for CSA Annual Conference in Grenada, 3-7 June. (Nicholas Watts, London) | Grenada |
6-8 June | ACP Fish II Regional Validation Workshop on Conch Assessment | St. Vincent |
10-14 June | Annual Scientific Meeting | St. Vincent |
11-13 June | Kick-off Meeting for the Inter-LME-DIMG Data and Information Management Working Group | Buenas Aires, Argentina |
17-18 June | OECS SPS Workshop St. Kitts/Nevis | St. Kitts & Nevis |
20-21 June | OECS SPS Workshop St. Kitts/Nevis | Grenada |
19-21 June | FAO Regional Awareness Workshop on Voluntary Guideline for Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries Forestry | Guyana |
13 June | ACP Fish II National Validation Workshop on Fisheries Management Plans | Guyana |
27 June | ACP Fish II National Validation Workshop on Fisheries Management Plans | Suriname |
JULY | ||
3 July | ACP Policy Briefing (topic Aquaculture | Brussels |
2 - 4 July | Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States | Jamaica |
5 & 8 July | ACP Fish II National Validation Workshop on Fisheries Management Plan | Trinidad and Tobago |
10 - 11 July | Workshop on First Ciguatoxic Risk Assessment in Lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Guadeloupean archipelago and Commercial Prefiguration in the FWI | Guadeloupe |
16 July | 16th CARICOM-Japan Consultation | Guyana |
17-26 July | Inception Mission of Key Experts on CFP Awareness Programme | Belize |
22 - 23 July | 7th CARICOM-United Nations General Meeting | New York |
29 July | SG Heads of CARICOM Institutions Meeting | Guyana |
30-31 July | 5th Meeting of the Consultative Committee on Technical Cooperation and 3rd High Level Forum on Donor Coordination | Guyana |
July | ACP Fish II Update fisheries regulations - Belize | Belize |
AUGUST | ||
August | CRFM/WECAFC Working Group on Flyfish (electronic meeting) | |
6-25 August | ACP Fish II Queen Conch Visual Survey Training Workshop | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
13-16 August | ACP Fish II Expert Working Group on MCS | Belize |
19-22 August | Inception Workshop of the Caribbean Fisherfolk Action Learning Group | T&T |
August 29 - 30 | Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics Workshop | Chile |
August 31 | Caribbean and Latin American Aquaculture | Chile |
August | CRFM/WECAFC Working Group on Flyingfish (Electronic Meeting) | |
SEPTEMBER | ||
16 - 18 September | INFOPESCA Tilapia Conference | Rio de Janiero |
17-18 September | Meeting of Regional Stakeholders to discuss the 11th EDF Regional Indicative Program (RIP) | Guyana |
24 Sept. - 4 Oct. | Annual Meeting of ICCAT Standing Committee on Research and Statistics | Madrid Spain |
Sept. 2013 - Mar. 2014 | UNU - Fisheries Training Programme (6 month course) | Iceland |
September | Inception meeting for the project titled"Sustainable Management of by-catch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl fisheries (REBYC-II LAC) | To be determined |
September | Preparation of legal framework for inland fisheries in Guyana (TCP/GUY/3401) | Guyana |
September | CRFM Executive Committee Meeting | |
OCTOBER | ||
4 - 12 October | Caribbean Week of Agriculture | Guyana |
10 October | Third Sub-Committee Meeting on Flyingfish | Guyana |
10 October | Fourth Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council | Guyana |
7-8 October | CRFM / CTA Fisheries Workshop | Guyana |
14 - 18 October | LEK-EAF Workshop | Panama |
16-18 October | ACP Fish II Validation Workshop on Draft Updated Prosecution Manual | Grenada |
21 - 25 October | ACP Fish II Final Programme Monitoring Workshop | The Bahamas |
24-25 October | 6th ACP Fish II Steering Committee Meeting | The Bahamas |
25 October | ACP Roundtable Meeting (Topic to be determined), Reception & Closing | The Bahamas |
29 - 31 October | CFMC/WECAFC/OSPESCA/CRFM Working Group on Spawning Aggregations | Miami |
29-31 October | WECAFC Spiny Lobster Workshop | Miami |
NOVEMBER | ||
4-8 November | 66th GCFI Conference | Corpus Christi, USA |
9? | 6th WECAFC Scientific Advisory Group Session | Miami |
18 - 25 November | 23rd Regular Meeting of ICCAT | Cape Town, South Africa |
COPESCAALC Session | Argentina | |
ACP Fish II final Steering Committee Meeting | Belgium | |
To be determined | Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics Workshop | Chile |
DECEMBER | ||
2-6 December | CRFM/JICA CARIFICO Project Workshop | St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
CRFM Executive Committee Meeting | To be determined |
The ACP Fish II is the second phase of an EU programme, which has as its overall objective “to contribute to the sustainable and equitable management of fisheries in ACP countries”. The ACP Fish II aims to foster improved institutional capacity for fisheries and aquatic resources management. It specifically addresses knowledge requirements for sustainable management in ACP countries at all levels of decision-making.
The overall objective of the Programme is to contribute to the sustainable and equitable management of fisheries in ACP countries, while the specific objective is to strengthen fisheries sectoral policy development and implementation in ACP Countries. The expected project outputs are: improved fisheries policies and management plans at the regional and national levels; reinforced control and enforcement capabilities; reinforced national and regional research strategies and initiatives; developed business supportive regulatory frameworks and private sector investment; and increased knowledge sharing on fisheries management and trade at the regional level.
Implementation of the project, which will be managed under decentralized management through a Programme Management Unit (PMU) based in Brussels and a set of Regional Facilitation Units (RFUs) located in Belize (CRFM Secretariat), Gabon, Senegal, Uganda, Mozambique and Fiji has commenced. In relation to the Caribbean the first activity, a Regional Needs Assessment Workshop was held in Belize on 27 - 28 October 2009.
The First Meeting of the ACP Fish II Steering Committee was held on 29 January 2010 at the ACP Secretariat in Brussels to review the activities carried out during the start-up phase and the results of the regional needs assessment workshops. The Meeting also reviewed and adopted the first operational Programme Estimates (PE1).
In May 2010 a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agriculture, Belize, Agriconsulting Europe SA (AESA), Brussels, (Project implementing agency) and the CRFM Secretariat, Belize City was signed for office space on the ground floor of the CRFM Secretariat for the ACP Fish II Programme, Regional Facilitation Unit (RFU) Caribbean Office.
A second round of workshops was held over the period 31 August - 11 November 2010, with the Caribbean's workshop having been held on 28 - 29 October 2010 in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis. The principal outcome of this round of workshops was the presentation and validation of the Regional Action Plans, which had been prepared by the Regional Managers in close collaboration with all stakeholders in the countries in their regions, during the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2010.
The ACP Fish II Steering Committee, which is comprised of representatives of the ACP Secretariat, CARICOM / CRFM, CEMAC, COMESA, ECCS, ECOWAS, the Pacific Islands Forum, SADCA and UEMOA, as well as the European Commission and the CU and RFUs of ACP Fish II, held its second Meeting in 05 November 2010. The Regional Action Plans, which had been validated at the second round of workshops, were presented and approved by the Steering Committee. Also, the second operational Programme Estimate was presented and approved by the Steering Committee.
Under PE1, one regional and three national projects were undertaken. The objective of the regional project Finalisation of the Common Fisheries Policy was to complete a draft CFP for the Caribbean Community for submission to the CARICOM Heads of Government for consideration. To this end, a Multidisciplinary Workshop was convened in Guyana during 12 - 14 April 2011. The Meeting provided an opportunity for members of the group to discuss and clarify concerns; negotiate and arrive at agreement on the content of the draft agreement; propose working for the provisions of the draft agreement; and complete the draft agreement for submission to the Ministerial Council for consideration. The Multidisciplinary Workshop produced a negotiated Draft Agreement on the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy.
1. Fisheries data enhancement project, Dominica - The objectives were: (i) to extract useful historic data contained in an obsolete database and put them in a useable format for easy access and analysis; (ii) to provide training for 4 members of staff; and (iii) to recommend an effective data management and archiving system.
2. Develop and air 3 television and 6 radio clips, St. Lucia - The objectives of this project were to develop and air television and radio clips to promote awareness of critical aspects relevant to fisheries conservation and sustainable use.
3. Production of a 15-minute documentary, Trinidad and Tobago - The objective of this project was the production and airing of a 15-minute documentary to increase public awareness on the proposed changes in fisheries management in Trinidad and Tobago.
The First Programme Monitoring Workshop was convened in Belize from 4 to 5 April 2011, to review the status of implementation of projects funded under the first phase from June 2009 to May 2011; formulate Terms of Reference / plans for projects to be implemented under the second phase (June 2011 to November 2012) and agreed on the implementaion plan; and share lessons learned and experiences of project implementation to-date.
Project Outputs