Anguilla 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Grenada 
Bahamas 
Barbados 
Belize 
Dominica 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Jamaica 
Montserrat 
St. Kitts and Nevis 
St. Lucia 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
Suriname 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Turks and Caicos 
Laying the Foundation for Blue Economic Growth in the Caribbean: The BE-CLME+ Project
Milton Haughton and Maren Headley
CRFM Secretariat, Princess Margaret Dr., PO Box 642, Belize City, Belize
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ABSTRACT
The marine environment and its highly complex ecosystems and biological diversity are valuable national and regional environmental and economic assets which have been providing the people of the Caribbean with countless benefits in the form of food, employment, trade, culture, recreation and tourism, and social and economic stability of many coastal communities. If these assets are used and managed well, they can make significantly enhanced and sustained contributions to sustainable blue economic development of the region. This paper introduces a recent regional project funded by the GEF, entitled, Promoting National Blue Economy Priorities Through Marine Spatial Planning in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus (or the BE-CLME+ Project). The aim of this project is to strengthen the foundation for blue economic growth and development in the region based on the marine living resources, which are valuable economic assets. This is to be achieved through enhanced and expanded investments in marine spatial planning and marine protected areas, the ecosystem approach to fisheries, and sustainable seafood value chain development.
HOW TO CITE: Haughton M. and M. Headley, 2026. Laying the Foundation for Blue Economic Growth in the Caribbean: the BE-CLME+ Project. Contribution 9.3, p626 IN CRFM, 2026. Volume I: Technical Papers. Presented at the CRFM 20th Anniversary Scientific Conference, 28-31 August 2023. CRFM Special Publication No. 37, CRFM Secretariat https://www.crfm.int/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=954
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