STUDY ON THE FORMULATION OF A MASTER PLAN ON THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF FISHERIES RESOURCES FOR COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN

1. COOPERATION WITH THE CRFM:
STUDY ON THE FORMULATION OF A MASTER PLAN
ON THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF FISHERIES
RESOURCES FOR COASTAL COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
Prepared by CRFM Secretariat for
CARICOM-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP YEAR REGIONAL FISHERIES WORKSHOP
4-5 December 2014, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

2. STUDY PHASES

3. STUDY CONCEPTS
Source:

4. PILOT PROJECTS
PILOT PROJECT
HOST COUNTRY
Coastal fisheries resources management
(Pelagic and Demersal species)
St. Lucia
Dominica
Aquaculture
Jamaica
Belize
Fisheries Statistics
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Guyana

5. FAD PILOT STUDY
Fishers’ FAD Workshops & Interviews
Training & monitoring of fish and fisher

6. Field trials – feed, stock & monitoring
AQUACULTURE PILOT STUDY
Workshops & Training

7. STATISTICS PILOT STUDY
Interviews & training
Field work & monitoring

8. Contents
Mission
Guiding Principles and Vision
Geography
Biology and Ecology
Legal Context
Management Unit
Status of the Fishery
Data, Monitoring & Research Requirements
Management Advice
& Implementation Plan
Source:
Recommendations for CRFM

9. CRFM CHALLENGES
1. COMMUNICATION
2. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
(GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE, FISHERS)
3. DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL
AND ECONOMIC COUNTRY SITUATIONS
CRFM

10. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CRFM
1. CHANGE COMMUNICATION MODE (ONLINE
MEETINGS, MORE USE OF INTERNET)
2.ESTABLISH REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS / USE
& MOBILISE REGIONAL EXPERTS (MAKE MORE
USE OF SUB-SECTOR EXPERTS)
3.RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
(WORKING GROUP – REGIONAL EXPERT- COUNTRY
RELATIONS)
4.SELECT COUNTRIES FOR TESTING IDEAS (USE
FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENTS & CHAMPIONS TO PUSH
IDEAS)

11. Contents
Mission
Guiding Principles and Vision
Geography
Biology and Ecology
Legal Context
Management Unit
Status of the Fishery
Data, Monitoring & Research Requirements
Management Advice
& Implementation Plan
Source:
Recommendations for CRFM WITH PARALLEL STRUCTURE PROPOSED FOR NATIONAL LEVEL

12. Source:
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CRFM
CRFM
NATIONAL MINISTRY
HEAD OF FISHERIES DEPARTMENT/ DIVISION
NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS, PROGRAMMES, PROJECTS
CRFM MINISTERIAL COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN FISHERIES FORUM
REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS, PROGRAMMES, PROJECTS

13. THANK YOU JAPAN!