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CRFM 20th Anniversary e-Magazine

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CRFM 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS | WEBINAR SERIES

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WEBINAR No. 1: Improving SPS Standards in Fisheries in the CARICOM, 15 June 2023

This webinar provides insights into the issues impacting on improvements in the region’s ability to improve food safety in fish and other aquatic products, mindful of the recently approved Protocol on aquatic foods as a strategic resource for food and nutrition security under the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy.

 

WEBINAR No. 2: Blue Economic Growth: Aquatic resources value chain development in CARICOM, 19 July 2023

This webinar highlights the perspectives of various stakeholders on the development of competitive fisheries value chains within the context of blue economic growth.

  

 

WEBINAR No. 3: Progress and Challenges in Addressing IUU Fishing and Fisheries Crime, 10 August 2023

This webinar provides insights into the issues impacting on addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and fisheries crime in CRFM States over the past 20 years, mindful of recent initiatives such as Member States’ signing on to the International Declaration on Transnational Organised Crime in the Global Fishing Industry (a.k.a. the Copenhagen Declaration) and the launching of a Caribbean Blue Justice Hub.

  

WEBINAR No. 4: Tackling abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear in the Caribbean, 10 August 2023

This webinar explores the challenges associated with ghost fishing in the Caribbean, as well as some of the practical, cost-effective, and environmentally sound options for tackling the problem. It also provides an overview of the status of abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear in the Caribbean; present efforts made by the CRFM, including those in partnership with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), to address the problem; and options for the way forward. 

  

WEBINAR No. 5: Building Resilience to Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, and Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries & Aquaculture, 18 December 2023

This webinar builds awareness on the global climate stocktake at CoP 28 from a Caribbean perspective, while highlighting strategies and actions for building resilience to climate change, ocean acidification, and disaster risk management in fisheries and aquaculture. This will foster sustainable development of a regional fisheries and aquaculture sector that is resilient to climate change and ocean acidification, through research and integrated, adaptive planning and policy development, awareness and capacity building, and regulatory reforms.  

 

Scientific Conference Proceedings

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CRFM Twentieth Anniversary Scientific Conference Proceedings

The CRFM 20th Anniversary Scientific Conference proceedings is a compilation of presentations delivered at the conference, convened from 28-31 August 2023. This virtual conference featured presentations across ten (10) thematic areas, including national reports on the status of fisheries and aquaculture in CARICOM/CRFM Member States. Below is a list of all conference items, with links to the PowerPoint Presentations and YouTube Videos of the presentations. 


Session I: Fisheries and Food Security in the Region

1.1 | Driving Circular Economy By Transforming Fish Parts From Processing (“Fish Waste”): a Barbadian Case Study for Resource Optimization in the Caribbean Countries

Authors:           Yvette Diei Ouadi et al

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:              YouTube Video

 

1.2 | Food for Thought: Fisheries and Aquaculture Contributions to Food Security in the Caribbean

Authors:          Maria Delesalle et al                

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

1.3 | Strengthening Sanitary and Phytosanitary Capacity of the Fisheries Sectors within CARIFORUM Countries for Improved Market Access Under the Economic Partnership Agreement

Authors:          Janet L. Lawrence and Peter A. Murray

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session II: Legal, Policy and Institutional Frameworks for Fisheries

2.1 | The Regional Aspect of Fisheries Governance in the Wider Caribbean

Authors:          Robin Mahon and Lucia M. Fanning

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

2.2 | Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Sustainable Use of the Living Marine Resources of the CRFM Member States

Author:           Milton O. Haughton

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

2.3 |    Sustainable Fisheries Management and Development Suite of Laws for the Barbados Fisheries Sector

Authors:          Shelly-Ann Cox et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

2.4 | A Review of National Intersectoral Committee (NIC) Governance Arrangements for Shrimp and Groundfish in the Northern Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (NBSLME)

Author:           Sanya S. Compton

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

2.5 | Developing a Policy Framework for Gender Mainstreaming in the Fisheries Sector

Author:           Peter A. Murray

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

2.6 | The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: CARICOM’s Interests, Participation and Outcome

Author:            Nigel Durrant

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

2.7 | The Need for Rigor in the Fisheries Space - Why the Term “IUU Fishing” is a Hindrance

Author:           Ian Ralby

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session III: Data and Science for Sustainable Fisheries Development & Management

3.1 | Implementing a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan to Inform Fisheries Governance in the Wider Caribbean

Authors:          Lucia M. Fanning and Robin Mahon

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.2 | Analysis of Trends in Production, Fleet, Trade and Economic Contribution of the Fisheries and Aquaculture in CRFM Member States

Authors:          Pranaya Parida et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.3 | Data Management for Fisheries Management: Addressing Challenges and Unleashing Revolutionary Innovations

Author:           Vilhjálmur Hallgrímsson

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.4 | Leveraging Lessons From the Caribbean to Enhance the Value-Chain Approach in Developing Sustainable Small-Scale Capture Fisheries

Authors:          Alexander S.T. Girvan et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.5 | Commercial Sea Cucumber Stock Assessment to Determine Sustainable Quotas in Belize

Authors:          Kenneth Esquivel et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.6 | DIGIFISH: Data Driven Solutions to Inform Decision Making

Authors:          Shelly-Ann Cox et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.7 | Video methodologies for deep water surveying of queen conch (Strombus gigas): a comparison study in Turks & Caicos Islands

Authors:          J Van Rijn et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.8 | Modern Tools for Fisheries Data Collection and Data Management: Experiences From Suriname

Authors:           Tomas Willems et al

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.9 | Assessing the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Overfishing Implications for Guyana’s Seabob Shrimp Industry

Authors:          Ray Netwon and Mikhail Amsterdam

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.10 | Digitizing the Vessel Inspection Process in Barbados

Authors:          Adriel Jackman et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.11 | Comparative Analysis of Shark Capture Data: Species Composition, Diversity, and Abundance Along the Northeast Coast of Trinidad

Authors:          Imran Khan et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.12 | Socio-Economic Features of Antigua’s Small-Scale Fisheries Sector – Implications for Economic Security and Sustainable Development

Author:           Ian Horsford

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.13 | The Evolution of Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting of Fisheries Data for the Commonwealth of Dominica

Authors:          Derrick Theophile and Kurt Hilton

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.14 | Improving Social and Economic Resilience Through Enhanced Regional Trade in Fish and Seafood

Authors:          Milton O. Haughton and Adele O. Ramos

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

3.15 | Biology and Diseases of Panulirus argus on Saint Kitts and Nevis

Authors:          Nicole A. M. Atherley Herbert et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session IV: Capacity Building in Fisheries

4.1 | CRFM’s Training and Capacity Building Activities: 2003-2023

Authors:          Pamela Gibson et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

4.2 | Investigating the Economic Implications of Weather-Related Damages and Theft on Fishing Vessels: a Survey-Based Analysis in the Coastal Communities of Trinidad

Authors:          Vivan Alexander et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

4.3 | Women Empowerment in the Belize Fishing Industry

Authors:          Sandra C. Grant et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

4.4 | Reflections on a Collaborative Program to Build Capacity in the Caribbean Fisheries Resource Management Sector

Authors:          Nancy Montes and Charles Sidman

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session V: Aquaculture and Marine Science

5.1 | A Bioeconomic Approach for Sea Cucumber Mariculture in the Caribbean

Authors:          Ricardo Anthony Morris (rescheduled to Thursday)

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

5.2 | Looking Back Before Moving Forward: Learning From History to Develop Aquaculture and Mariculture in Barbados

Authors:          Christopher Parker and Colvin Taylor

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

5.3 | Restorative Aquaculture: How Commercially Important Sea Urchins Can Aid in Coral Reef Recovery

Author:           Stacey M. Williams

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

5.4 | Investigating the Effectiveness of Three Different Growing Methods for Seamoss Farming in Saint Lucia

Author:            Makeba B. Felix

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

5.5 | Evaluating the outcomes of selective breeding in optimizing the growth performance of tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) for commercial production in the Bahamas

Authors:          Mia Avril and John Reid

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

5.6 | Outlook and Key Considerations for Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture Development in CARICOM

Authors:          Samia Sarkis et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session VI: Fisheries Conservation and Management

6.1 | Historical Local and Traditional Knowledge and Key Messages for Present-Day Holistic Fisheries Management – An Example from Haiti

Authors:          Susan Singh-Renton et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.2 | Sustainable Harvesting of Commercial Species in the Belize Exclusive Economic Zone

Authors:          Silvana N. R. Birchenough et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             No Video

 

6.3 | An Assessment of the Reproductive Activity of Queen Conch (Aliger gigas) in Captive and Wild Populations in the Discovery Bay Special Fishery Conservation Area, Jamaica

Authors:          Shanna-Lee Thomas et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.4 | Use of a Maritime Domain Awareness Tool for Detecting Fishing Activity in the Waters of Caribbean States

Authors:          Peter A. Murray et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.5 | Update on the Status and Management of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fisheries in the CARICOM Region

Authors:          Maren Headley et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.6 | What is the Right Balance Between International Management and the Involvement of Fishing Communities in the Management of Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fisheries?

Author:           Lester Gittens

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.7 | The Fish Sanctuaries Network: Jamaica’s Quiet Fisheries Success Story

Authors:          Karl A. Aiken et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.8 | Ten Years of Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) Closed Season: Evidence From Antigua and Barbuda’s Small-Scale Fishery

Authors:          Ian Horsford and Hilroy Simon

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.9 | Utilization of Artificial Reefs for Enhancement of Spiny Lobster Resource

Authors:          Hiroaki Terashima et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.10 | Uncovering Stakeholder Perspectives on Belize's Managed Access Program: Implications for Sustainable Fisheries Management

Author:           Eric Wade

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

6.11 | Recommended Strategies to Protect Parrotfish Populations in Barbados

Authors:          Christopher Parker and Shelly-Ann Cox

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session VII: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Disaster Risk Management and Recovery

7.1 | The Role of Climate Risk Insurance in Building Resilience of the Fisheries Sector– the Coast (Caribbean Oceans and Aquaculture Sustainability Facility) Example and Application

Authors:          Isaac Anthony et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

7.2 | Gender Perspectives in Social, Blue and Climate Justice

Authors:          Maria Pena and Patrick Mcconney

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

7.3 | Sargassum in the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunity for Blue Growth Based on the Circular Economy Approach

Authors:          Mario Ayalon et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session VIII: International & Regional Cooperation and Partnerships

8.1 | Fisherfolk Organisations in Fisheries Governance and Policy

Authors:          Patrick Mcconney and Maria Pena

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

8.2 | Regional Cooperation Among CRFM, OSPESCA and WECAFC for Sustainable Fisheries in the Caribbean

Author:           Milton O. Haughton

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

8.3 | An Examination of Integrated Marine Planning and Management in CARICOM and the Wider Caribbean Region

Author:           Mikhail Amsterdam

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

8.4 | Regional Cooperation on Marine Biodiversity and Fisheries Management in the Wider Caribbean Region

Authors:          Geraldine Conruyt et al

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

8.5 | Transforming Our Seas and Oceans Resources Collaboratively with Accredited Development Partners for the Benefit of all

Author:            Alwyn R. Ponteen

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

8.6 | The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development: Potential for Regional Ocean Science Coordination and Partnership

Authors:          Lorna V Inniss and Cesar Toro

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

8.7 | A Modernized and Results-Based ICT Framework to Strengthen Institutional Governance, Administration, Productivity, Outreach, Visibility, and Engagement

Author:            Adele O. Ramos

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session IX: The Future of the CRFM in Blue Economic Growth

9.1 | Promoting a Fishery-Centered Blue Economy Through Co-Benefits and Knowledge Sharing

Authors:           Nariaki Mikuni and Saori Imamura

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

9.2 | Building the Capacity of Aquaculture and the Blue Economy in the Caribbean

Author:           Juli-Anne Russo

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

9.3 | Laying the Foundation for Blue Economic Growth in the Caribbean: the BE-CLME+ Project

Authors:           Milton Haughton & Maren Headley

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 


Session X: National Reports on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture in CRFM Member States

10.1 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Anguilla

Author:           Remone Johnson

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.2 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Antigua and Barbuda

Author:           Hilroy Simon

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.3 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | The Bahamas

Author:           Alexandra Sinclair

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.4 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Barbados

Author:           Gregory Franklin

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.5 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Belize

Author:           Kenneth Esquivel

Presentation:   PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.6 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Dominica

Author:            Kurt Hilton

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             No Video

10.7 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Grenada

Author:            Justin Rennie

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.8 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Guyana

Author:           Denzil Roberts

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.9 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Haiti

Author:            Not presented

Presentation:  No PowerPoint

Video:             No Video

 

10.10 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Jamaica

Author:            Dr. Azra Blythe Mallett

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.11 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Montserrat

Author:            Alwyn Ponteen

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.12 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Saint Kitts and Nevis

Author:            Kadean Smithen

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.13 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Saint Lucia

Author:            Makeba Felix

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.14 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Author:            Jennifer Cruickshank-Howard

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.15 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Suriname

Author:            Zojindra Arjune

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.16 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Trinidad and Tobago

Author:           Shandira Ankiah

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

10.17 | National Report on the Status of Fisheries and Aquaculture | The Turks and Caicos Islands

Author:            Kathy Lockhart

Presentation:  PowerPoint

Video:             YouTube Video

 

Scientific Conference

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In commemoration of its 20th Anniversary, the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) will convene a 4-day virtual Scientific Conference from 28-31 August 2023. The event will open at 10:30 a.m. AST (8:30 a.m. Belize time) on Monday, 28 August, with an official ceremony, after which we will proceed with presentations on several key thematic areas. The conference culminates with national reports from representatives of the 17 CRFM Member States on the status of their fisheries. 

More than 100 authors are contributing to this signal anniversary event, with 50+ papers scheduled for presentation over the duration of the conference. The papers from the conference will be compiled in a Special Scientific Publication, slated for release in October 2023.

We anticipate the attendance of a diverse range of participants from across CRFM Member States, as well as our community of regional and international partners and donors.

The goal of the conference is to showcase our collective work over the decades while providing a space for information exchange and dialogue on a range of important topics.

 

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