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 CRFM appoints new Deputy Executive Director
CRFM Member States urged to prioritize Blue Economy to strengthen the region’s COVID-19 recovery agenda
Caribbean Fisheries Forum convenes its 19th Meeting
‘Fish. For Life’: CRFM announces release of second edition Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Management Plan
| Date | Events |
| JANUARY | |
| 14 January | 2nd Meeting of Secretary-General, Heads of CARICOM Institutions and CARICOM Ambassadors |
| 21 - 22 January | StewardFish Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) Training Workshop |
| 21 January | Japan Informal Sustainable Use Dialogue (7.00-9.00am BZ |
| 25 January | Regional ProDoc Validation Workshop BE: CLME+Project |
| 26 January | PSC Meeting of CC4FISH (8:30 - 11:00am B’dos time) |
| 27 January | Barbados Sargassum Adaptive Management Strategy (SAMS) (9:15 AM – 12:00 NOON EC) |
| 27 January |
Training sessions in use of the CRFM Data Portal |
| 28 January | Senior Managers’ Committee Meeting |
| 29 January |
Training sessions in use of the CRFM Data Portal |
| FEBRUARY | |
| 1 - 5 February | FAO COFI |
| 5 February |
CRFM Technical Team Meeting |
| 8 February | Emergency Ad hoc Technical Meeting to discuss the compilation of comments of the G77 and China on the zero draft of the negotiating text for UNCTAD XV |
| 10 - 12 February | Ad hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting to provide advice to CARICOM negotiators in Geneva on the Chair's Draft Negotiating text ahead of UNCTAD 15 Conference (Expert level) |
| 11 February | IAEA Extraordinary Meeting of the SAGNA |
| 11 February | Regional briefing meeting in preparation for Subsidiary Body of Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) 24 |
| 12 February | Coastfish Project - Antigua and Barbuda Preliminary Planning Meeting |
| 12 February | Meeting with BFCA/CNFO/lawyer to discuss legal case BFCA v Gov BZE challenging gillnet ban |
| 16 February | Session 1 - 10th CLME+ SAP ICM Meeting |
| 18 February | Session 2 - 10th CLME+ SAP ICM Meeting |
| 18 February | Ad hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting to provide advice to CARICOM negotiators in Geneva on the Chair's Draft Negotiating text ahead of UNCTAD 15 Conference - Review the outcome of the expert-level review (Ambassadors Meeting) |
| 19 February | 3rd Special Meeting of the Executive Committee |
| 19 February |
CARICOM Preparatory Meeting, ahead of the UNDP/GEF CLME+ Special Virtual Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting |
| 22 - 26 February | Ad hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting to provide advice to CARICOM negotiators in Geneva on the Chair's Draft Negotiating text ahead of UNCTAD 15 Conference - First reading of the draft negotiating tex |
| 23 - 25 February | Third and final regular CLME+ Project Steering Committee Meeting |
| 24 -25 February | Eighth Meeting of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats’ Network |
| 26 February | UNRCO Kick-Off Workshop for the formulation and design of the Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework 2022-2026 (MSDF II) |
| MARCH | |
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1 March |
Meeting with UN Consultant (Regional Cooperation Framework) |
| 3 March | Sargassum Products Virtual Training Workshop (1.00 -3.30 pm BZ/ 2.00-4.30 JAM/ 3.00 -5.30 EC) |
| 5 March | 36th Meeting of the Executive Committee |
| 11 March | Eighth Meeting of Senior Officials on the Negotiations of Fisheries Subsidies in the World Trade Organization (WTO) |
| 18 March | Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting |
| 29 - 31 March | 22nd Annual SAGNA meeting |
| APRIL | |
| 15 - 16 April | 19th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum |
Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy (2020 version)
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| Date | Event | Location |
| 24 January | Stakeholder Consultation of Barbados’ Fisheries Policy | Barbados |
| 28 - 29 January (postponed) | Caribbean Development Dialogue (Meeting with donors and development partners) | Guyana |
| 28 - 31 January | First National Workshop - Stewardfish | Jamiaca |
| 29 January (Postponed) | 35th Meeting of the Executive Committee | Electronic Meeting |
| 3 - 7 February | National Workshop for Enhancing Climate Science Basis of the GCF Funded Activities | Cambodia |
| 4 February | 1st Meeting of the Independent Strategic Review Team | Virtual |
| 10 - 13 February | Mission to IAEA Marine Lab | Monaco |
| 13 February | 4th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Special Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries | Electronic Meeting |
| 10 - 14 February | Second National Workshop - Stewardfish | Barbados |
| 13 February | 4th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Special Committee on Agriiculture and Fisheries | Electronic Meeting |
| 16 - 23 February (Postponed) | Visit of Chinese Aquaculture Experts to Jamaica, Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis | Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis |
| 17 February | Launch of CCAT and Seminar on rules and procedure for initiating action | Barbados |
| 17 February | 11th Special Meeting of the Community Council of Minister | Barbados |
| 18 - 19 February | 31st Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government | Barbados |
| 24 - 28 February | Visit of Consultant to CRFM Belize to review accounting Fiduciary systems etc (2nd Stretegic Review) | Belize |
| 25 February | Consultation on WECAFC Reorientation: Completing the questionnaire | Virtual |
| 26 February | Second Senior Officials Meeting on WTO Fisheries Subsidies | Virtual |
| 26 - 28 February | Regional Preparatory Meeting for next session of the BBNJ Conference | Virtual |
| 5 - 6 March | Inception Workshop of the GEF Funded Blue Growth Project | Belize |
| 9 - 13 March | 3rd National Workshop - Stewardfish | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 10 March | 19th CARICOM-Japan Consultation | Guyana |
| 11 - 12 March | Annual Project Steering Committeee Meeting of CC4FISH | Barbados |
| 16 - 18 March | 2nd Meeting of the WECAFC - CRFM - OSPESCA Fisheries data and Statistics Working Group | Panama |
| 17 - 18 March | CARIFORUM Preparatory and 3rd Meeting of the Task Force on the 2020 Review of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA | Guyana |
| 17 - 20 March | Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development | Guyana |
| 18 - 20 March | 4th National Workshop - Stewardfish | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 18 - 20 March | Joint Meeting of the CLME+ SAP Interim Coordination Mechanism and Project Executive Group | Miami |
| 19 March | Special Emergency Meeting of the Secretary-General CARICOM and Heads of Community Institutions | Virtual |
| 19 - 20 March | WECAFC Regional data Workshop | Panama |
| 23 - 25 March | Technical Meeting on the Use of Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques to Strengthen Member States Seafood Safty programmes | Monaco |
| 23 - 25 March | Towards a Sustainable and Resilient Caribbean Blue Economy | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 23 - 27 March | 5th National Workshop - Stewardfish | Saint Lucia |
| 24 March | 4th cooperation Meeting of the ACS | Barbados |
| 23 March - 3 April | 4th BBNJ Conference | |
| 2 - 3 April | 50th Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) - Officials | Guyana |
| 3 April | Special Meeting of the CARICOM COVID 19 Food Security Task Force | Virtual |
| 6 April | Follow-up Meeting to the Special Emergency Meeting of the Secretary-General, CARICOM and Heads of Community Institutions | Virtual |
| 7 April | Consultation for the Environmental and Horizon Scans to inform the development of thee Community Strategic Plan 2020 | Virtual |
| 7 April | CRFM Business Committee Meeting | Virtual |
| 06 - 10 April | 6th National Workshop - Sstewardfish | Belize |
| 15 - 16 April | CARIFORUM Preparatory & 3rd Meeting of the Task Force on the 2020 review of the CARIFORUM EU-EPA | Guyana |
| 15 - 17 April |
Joint Council of Ministers with responsibility for Trade and Fisheries Workshop on the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations Technical Working Group for Trade and Fisheries Officials |
St. Lucia |
| 16 - 17 April | 23rd Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) | Haiti |
| 17 April | 2nd Meeting of the Independent Strategic Review Team | Virtual |
| 15 - 17 April |
Joint Council of Ministers with responsibility for Trade and Fisheries
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St. Lucia |
| 16 - 17 April |
Meeting of Official Preparatory of the 23rd Meeting of COFCOPR |
Guyana |
| 20 April |
CCAT Plenary Meeting |
Virtual |
| 20 - 24 April | 7th National Workshop - Stewardfish | Guyana |
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21 - 24 April(Postponed) |
3rd Meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Iniative Global Dialogue | Korea |
| 22 - 24 April | 3rd CLME+ Project Steering Committee Meeting | Panama |
| 23 April | 5th Meeting of the CRFM/CARICOM Fisheries and Aquaculture Priority Commodity Working Group (FISHCOM WG) | Virtual |
| 23 - 24 April | 50th Regular Meeting of COTED - Ministerial | Virtual |
| 24 April | CRFM Senior management Meeting | Virtual |
| 28 - 29 April | UN Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development | Virtual |
| 29 April | CRFM Countinental Shelf Fisheries Working Group (CRFM CSWG) on Atlantic Seabob Fisheries of Guyana and Suriname | Virtual |
| 6 - 8 May | 18th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum | Virtual |
| 11 - 14 May | 2nd regional Meeting on WECAFC Reorientation | Honduras (Tentative) |
| 14 May | Fisheries ICM Meeting | Virtual |
| 15 May | 28th Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) | Guyana |
| 15 May | CRFM Senior Management Meeting | Virtual |
| 25 - 26 May | 14th meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council | St. Lucia |
| 2 - 6 June | UN Ocean Conference | Lisbon |
| 8 - 11 June | 12th WTO Ministerial Conference | Kazakhstan |
| 9 June | Biodiversity Webinar in celebration of Worl Ocean and World Environment Day | Virtual |
| 16 - 18 June | CLME+ Project Steering Committee Sessions | Virtual |
| 25 June | 14th Meeting of the CRFM MinisterialCouncil | Virtual |
| July | 41st Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the CAribbean Community | St. Vincent and the Grenaddaines |
| 5 - 10 July | 14th International Coral Reef Symposium | |
| 13 - 17 July | FAO COFI | Rome |
| October | 15th Quadrennial of the United Nations Conference on Trade and development (UNCTAD XV) | Barbados |
| 9 - 13 November | 73rd GCFI Meeting | |
| 12 - 13 November | 11th WECAFC SAG |
CRFM Research Paper Collection Volume 9
As part of the Caribbean Track of the Pilot Programme forClimate Resilience a series of ecological, economic and social assessmentsof climate change impacts on marine resources and the fisheries sector were undertaken between March 2018 and January 2019. This synthesis provides key conclusions arising from theassessment of (1) climate risks and ecological impacts for Caribbean marine fish stocks, (2) the economic consequences of ecosystem shifts and of increased tropical cyclone activity and (3) fisheries viability and resilience through the lens of value chains. Overall, multiple lines of evidence suggest large risk and impacts of climate variationon the Caribbean Sea’s fish stocks and fisheries. Economic assessment results suggest a large pre-existing “adaptation deficit”, as the estimated economic impacts of climate change appear smallrelative to documented lossesand damages under current climate conditions.. Research at two local fishing sites reveals opportunities to improve climate resilience across the seafood value chain by empowering resource users to self-organize and build local adaptive capacity, promoting seafood product differentiation and identifying enablers for governance effectiveness.Several improvements and extensions to the ecological and economic modelling undertaken under this project are possible and recommended; however, sufficient information from this and previous research is available to inform adaptation planning and targeted measures. Assessment results will form the basis of a communications campaign and monitoring and management recommendations undertaken as part of the project.
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