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 
Food for Thought: Fisheries and Aquaculture Contributions to Food Security in the Caribbean
James During1, Chris Milley1*, Maria Delesalle1, Sara Vanderkaden1, and Shannon Wood1
NEXUS Coastal Resource Management Ltd., 103-287 Suite 222, Lacewood Dr., Halifax NS, B3M3Y71
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ABSTRACT
The past four years have seen a variety of external shocks that have had independent and cumulative impacts on food security throughout the world. For the Caribbean, extreme weather events, the Covid-19 pandemic, global energy crises, and ongoing international conflicts have all demonstrated the vulnerability of food systems in the region. Such exacerbated vulnerabilities have contributed to increased food prices, disruptions to food availability, accessibility, and diversity, and an overreliance on external trade. Cumulative trade deficits, in tandem with international instability and climate change, has visible negative socio-economic outcomes, particularly regarding local food system security, sovereignty, and sustainability.
Fisheries and aquaculture with a directed interest in local markets can play an important role in advancing food security and food sovereignty in the Caribbean. Progressive enhancement of the local supply and value chain through local production, processing, and consumption can promote tandem growth in adjacent sectors, facilitating cumulative capacity building for the future. NEXUS Coastal Resource Management, Ltd., through multiple projects in the region, offers a synthesis of various issues in the interest of expanding current discourse on local marine protein production, processing, accessibility, and consumption. Supported by our experience across the Caribbean, this paper examines some of the considerations necessary to promote greater use of the local fisheries and aquaculture sectors in promoting food security and food sovereignty in the Caribbean.
HOW TO CITE: During, J., C. Milley, M. Delesalle, S. Vanderkaden, and S. Wood, 2026. Food for Thought: Fisheries and Aquaculture Contributions to Food Security in the Caribbean. Contribution 1.2, p14-25 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 Secretariathttps://www.crfm.int/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=896
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