Share your feedback on Caribbean Action Plan
Session 1: Tuesday, 18 February 2025 & Session 2: Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Times: 8:30 a.m. Belize | 9:30 a.m. Jamaica | 10:30 a.m. EC & New York | 11:30 a.m. Suriname
Senior Director, Capture Fisheries Extension Services (Ag.)
National Fisheries Authority, Jamaica
Scientist and Lecturer
Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Assistant Executive Director
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), Florida, USA
Photos courtesy GGGI
Abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), also known as ghost gear, refers to any gear used for fish harvesting that is no longer under the control of the harvester, regardless of the circumstances leading to such loss. In the context of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) in September 2023, we are co-hosting a joint webinar to address abandoned, lost, and otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the Caribbean. This will be done through a two-part webinar series, planned for early 2025.
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This webinar series will be an opportunity to bring together stakeholders from around the region to discuss efforts to address ALDFG in the Caribbean, as well as any specific ALDFG-related needs in the Caribbean region. We also hope to gather further feedback from stakeholders and partners on the draft Caribbean Regional Action Plan to Prevent Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear developed by the GGGI in consultation with the CRFM and the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI).
The draft action plan contains recommendations, based on the GGGI Best Practice Framework for the Management of Fishing Gear (C-BPF), that are tailored to the unique conditions experienced across the Caribbean region to help manage ALDFG. Feedback from as many stakeholders as possible is essential to ensuring that the plan is as practical and as applicable as possible.
We anticipate cross-sectoral participation from fishers and other harvesters of living marine resources, policymakers, civil society organizations, academia, and those carrying out work on the ground to ensure good representation of perspectives.
This session set the stage and provided background information on actions, including the development of the Caribbean Action Plan, which attendees / stakeholders were asked to review for a further “deep dive” engagement in the second webinar.
10:30 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
Chair of the webinar:
Mr. Joel Baziuk
Associate Director
Global Ghost Gear Initiative
10:35 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Dr. Sandra Grant
Executive Director (Ag.)
CRFM Secretariat
10:40 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Chair of the webinar
10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Mr. Joel Baziuk
GGGI
10:55 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Mrs. Shellene Berry
Director - Extension Services, Capture Fisheries
National Fisheries Authority, Jamaica
11:15 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.
Dr. La Daana Kanhai
Scientist and Lecturer
Department of Life Sciences
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
11:35 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.
Ms. Fadilah Ali
Assistant Executive Director
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI)
Florida, USA
11:55 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.
Ms. Hannah Pragnell-Raasch
Policy Specialist (Consultant)
Global Ghost Gear Initiative, Ocean Conservancy
Mr. Joel Baziuk
GGGI
12:05 p.m. - 12:25 p.m.
Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions or make comments.
Moderator: Chair of the webinar
12:25 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Chair of the webinar
This second session focused on the policy frameworks and the action plan, with a view of getting further input for refining and updating the document.
10:30 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
Chair of the webinar
Dr. Sandra Grant
Executive Director (Ag.),
CRFM Secretariat
10:35 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Joel Baziuk
Associate Director
Global Ghost Gear Initiative
10:40 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Chair of the webinar
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Ms. Hannah Pragnell-Raasch
Policy Specialist (Consultant)
Global Ghost Gear Initiative / Ocean Conservancy
11:00a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Dr. Sandra Grant
CRFM Secretariat
11:20 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Mr. Joel Baziuk
GGGI
Ms. Hannah Pragnell-Raasch
GGGI / Ocean Conservancy
11:50 a.m. - 12:20 a.m.
Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions or make comments.
Moderator: Chair of the webinar
12:20 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Chair of the Webinar
