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 
Capacity building in fisheries - CRFM’s Training and Capacity Building Activities: 2003-2023
Pamela A. Gibson, Sandra C. Grant and Peter A. Murray
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat
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ABSTRACT
In the two decades since the inauguration of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) on 27 March 2003, one of its core strategic objectives has been capacity building and institutional strengthening. As part of its efforts to achieve this strategic objective, the CRFM has been providing training opportunities in several fishery related disciplines through cooperative agreements with various regional and international academic institutions, through both degree programs and shorter-term training courses. Additionally, training and capacity building activities have been conducted as part of specific projects implemented by the CRFM. Over the twenty-year period, upwards of 1,650 training and capacity building opportunities have been made available to Caribbean nationals through formal cooperative arrangements and/or project-specific activities. This paper presents an overview of the cooperative arrangements in place, background information on the annual/biennial training courses, and information on various training/capacity building opportunities provided to the CRFM Member States. The information takes into account the related fishery disciplines offered, disaggregated by gender and beneficiary Member States.
HOW TO CITE: Gibson, P.A., S. C. Grant and P. A. Murray, 2026. CRFM’s Training and Capacity Building Activities: 2003-2023. Contribution 4.1, p279-287 IN CRFM, 2026. Papers presented at the CRFM 20th Anniversary Scientific Conference, 28-31 August 2023. Volume I: Technical Papers. CRFM Special Publication No. 37, CRFM Secretariat https://www.crfm.int/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=921
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