Minister of Agriculture Saboto Caesar Social Share
This country’s Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar, who is now chair of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), has urged fellow ministers responsible for Fisheries across the Caribbean to prioritise the Blue Economy, to strengthen the region’s COVID-19 recovery efforts. The ‘Blue Economy’ is an emerging concept which encourages better use and conservation of the ocean or ‘blue’ resources to boost economic growth and to tackle unemployment, food security and poverty.
A release said that the Ministerial Council has been forced to meet virtually since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that has not stopped them from making monumental progress in steering the fisheries and aquaculture sector forward, with carefully designed policies and plans, despite very challenging times.
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Elects New Chairman
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The newly elected chair of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Hon. Saboto S. Caesar, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Transformation, Forestry and Fisheries of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, has urged fellow ministers responsible for Fisheries across the Caribbean to prioritize the Blue Economy as the region seeks to strengthen COVID-19 recovery efforts.
The ‘Blue Economy’ is an emerging concept that encourages better use and conservation of the ocean or ‘blue’ resources to boost economic growth and to tackle unemployment, food security and poverty.
The Ministerial Council has been forced to meet virtually since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that has not stopped them from making monumental progress in steering the fisheries and aquaculture sector forward, with carefully designed policies and plans, despite very challenging times.
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The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy has outlined developments in the industry. (Picture by Lennox Devonish) Social Share
BELIZE CITY – Members of the technical and advisory arm of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) will have a packed agenda when they hold their 19th annual meeting this week.
Apart from electing a new executive committee, representatives of the 17 member states and observer entities will examine a number of issues facing the fishing industry in the Caribbean.
There will be updates on the status and trends in the fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the impact that COVID-19 viral illness has had and will have on the sector.
CRFM announces release of second edition Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Management Plan
Article by April 18, 2021
“We see the ECFFMP 2020-2025 as contributing to efficient fishing activities within an economically viable and competitive small-scale fisheries sector. This should engender a comfortable standard of living for those who depend on flyingfish as a significant part of their income and culture,” said Peter A. Murray, Senior Fisheries Development and Management Advisor at the CRFM Secretariat.
Murray added that, “This ECFFMP effort is an important step in the process of putting the ecosystems approach to fisheries into practice both on land and in the sea – to truly ensure that there is fish for life.”
OECS works toward securing a beneficial outcome on Fisheries Subsidies
March 9, 20211
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The OECS Commission continues to work toward a final outcome on the World Trade Organization’s Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations by convening a High-Level Virtual Workshop on 24 and 25 February 2021. The event was supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Senior Trade, Foreign Affairs, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Officials of each of the seven full Protocol Member States of the OECS participated in the workshop. They were joined by several senior staff members of the OECS Commission.
The opening ceremony was addressed by Mrs. Jacqueline Emmanuel-Flood, Director of the Economic and Regional Integration Division of the Commission; Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, Chair of the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations; as well as representatives of Pew and the IISD.