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  • Photo of Fisheries agency hosts CARICOM Secretary-General on Belize visit

    Fisheries agency hosts CARICOM Secretary-General on Belize visit

    CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met on Thursday with Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Mr. Milton Haughton and his team of dedicated staff who continue to work with Member States to secure the Region’s invaluable fisheries resources. The Belize-based CRFM was established in 2003 with a mandate to “promote and facilitate the responsible utilization of the…

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  • Caribbean’s ocean governance capacity to be boosted

    Belize City, Belize, 29 December 2015 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and the International Ocean Institute (IOI)have signed a new five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend their longstanding cooperation towards building the capacity of Caribbean fisheries and marine resource management professionals in ocean governance. The partnership between the CRFM and IOI started in 2004 and it has provided nearly 40 Caribbean…

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  • Photo of CRFM and IOI sign 5-year MoU to build the Caribbean’s capacity in Ocean Governance

    CRFM and IOI sign 5-year MoU to build the Caribbean’s capacity in Ocean Governance

    Belize City, Belize, 29 December 2015 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and the International Ocean Institute (IOI) this month signed a new 5-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend their longstanding cooperation towards building the capacity of Caribbean fisheries and marine resource management professionals in ocean governance. The partnership between the CRFM and IOI started in 2004 and it…

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  • Photo of CRFM, partners to unlock Caribbean’s fisheries potential through value chain approach

    CRFM, partners to unlock Caribbean’s fisheries potential through value chain approach

    Belize City, Belize, (CRFM)— Some fear that climate change and global economic pressures will create a toxic mix that would cripple the potential of the Caribbean fisheries and aquaculture sector. But a new initiative being implemented by the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is looking for that “golden key” that would, instead, unlock the industry’s hidden potential for all concerned,…

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  • Photo of Caribbean Fishing Industry Moves to Close Food Safety Gaps, Expands Markets

    Caribbean Fishing Industry Moves to Close Food Safety Gaps, Expands Markets

    The Caribbean region's ability to cash in on a potentially lucrative, international export trade in fish and seafood is being held back by huge gaps in measures to protect food safety and animal health, experts say. But the experts, who are investigating food handling policies in CARIFORUM countries, are set to propose a new regime for sanitary and phytosanitary –…

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  • Photo of Caribbean fishing industry ends meeting on upgrading food safety systems

    Caribbean fishing industry ends meeting on upgrading food safety systems

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 25 August 2015, (CRFM) – Industry figures and government officials from across the Caribbean fishing industry Tuesday wrapped up two days of talks here acknowledging they were at the very early stages of introducing a new regime for safe seafood for local and international consumption. The two-day meeting is part of a European Union-funded project to help CARIFORUM…

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  • Photo of Caribbean Fights to Protect High-Value, Declining Species

    Caribbean Fights to Protect High-Value, Declining Species

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul 6 2015 (IPS) – Threats from climate change, declining reefs, overfishing and possible loss of several commercial species are driving the rollout of new policy measures to keep Caribbean fisheries sustainable. Regional groups and the U.S.-based NGO Wild Earth Guardians have petitioned for the listing of some of the Caribbean’s most economically valuable marine species as vulnerable, endangered…

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  • Photo of The Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy: Breaking the cycle of poverty in fishing communities

    The Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy: Breaking the cycle of poverty in fishing communities

    Social protection exists when governments develop policies and programmes to address economic, environmental and social vulnerabilities to food insecurity and poverty. The Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy (CCCFP) is one such policy which Caribbean Countries believe can help to enhance the income, status and capacities of fisherfolk; thus, enabling them to sustainably provide for themselves and their family members. By…

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  • Photo of High-level meeting of Caribbean fisheries ministers for Grenada

    High-level meeting of Caribbean fisheries ministers for Grenada

    ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CRFM) — Fisheries ministers from member states of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) are expected to sign off on the declaration on spiny lobster by way of a resolution, when they convene the ninth meeting of the ministerial council of the CRFM on Friday in St George’s, Grenada.   The non-binding declaration establishes a roadmap for closer cooperation…

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  • Photo of Caribbean Fisheries Forum to review regional spiny lobster declaration

    Caribbean Fisheries Forum to review regional spiny lobster declaration

    Heads of national fisheries authorities from the seventeen (17) Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), as well as observers and partner agencies, on Monday began participating in the 13th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum in Grenada. The two-day meeting is being held at the Flamboyant Hotel in St. George’s. The representatives will review the status of fisheries and aquaculture…

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