Other Resources

• CRFM Guidelines HACCP based control systems

• CRFM Guidelines - Food safety training for fishery enterprises

• Caribbean Fisheries Food Safety HubSPS e-Library

  • How to navigate the new Fisheries Food Safety Hub

  • Hear from our Stakeholders

• CRFM Portal SPS Resources 

POLICY GUIDANCE

• CRFM Ministerial Council passed a resolution on positioning small-scale fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM regional blue economy dialogue and policies.

• Guidance Document on Better Positioning Small-scale Fisheries and Aquaculture (SSF/A) in the Regional Blue Economy Dialogue

PROJECT: CAF / FAO / CRFM / GEF / Caribbean Blue Economy Project Entitled, Promoting National Blue Economy Priorities Through Marine Spatial Planning in The Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus (BE-CLME+ Project) 

• Project Background

• Blue Economy in the Caribbean - 2020 Project Inception Workshop – photo album

OTHER RELEVANT RESOURCES

• OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BLUE ECONOMY - Global Industrial Trends and Opportunities - CARIBBEAN - BHS, BRB, GUY, JAM, SUR, and TTO (IDB)

• FINANCING THE BLUE ECONOMY: A Caribbean Development Opportunity (CDB)

• Oceans Economy and Trade Strategy: Belize marine fisheries and seafood processing sectors (UNCTAD)

• Oceans Economy and Trade Strategy: Barbados large pelagic longline fishery (UNCTAD) 

• CRFM Ministerial Resolution regarding the Copenhagen Declaration on Transnational Organized Crime

• Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy

• Castries St. Lucia Declaration on IUU Fishing

• Regional Strategy on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance to Combat IUU Fishing in the CARICOM / CARIFORUM Region

• International Plan of Action-IUU

• Regional Plan of Action-IUU

• Antigua and Barbuda National Plan of Action - IUU

• Belize National Plan of Action - IUU (High Seas)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis National Plan of Action - IUU

• Fisheries Prosecution Manual (Vol 1)

• Fisheries Prosecution Manual (Vol 2)

• International Declaration on Transnational Organized Crime in the Global Fishing Industry

• Report of the Technical Meeting on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Transnational Organized Crime in the Fishing Industry

• ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Request for an Advisory Opinion Submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) (Request for Advisory Opinion Submitted to the Tribunal) - Case No. 21

• CRFM Written Statement for ITLOS Case No 21

• Emerging Technologies and their Application in Fisheries Management (October 2020)

• FAO’s Initiatives to Fight Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

• Blue Paper - Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Drivers

• The International Challenge of Illegal, Unreported, And Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

• Illegal, Unreported, And Unregulated Fishing: How the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Addresses the IUU Fishing Challenge – Experiences and Lessons - Ocean Yearbook 34 (Page 398)

• Maritime Crime during the Pandemic: Unmasking Trends in the Caribbean

• Past, present, and future of the satellite-based automatic identification system: areas of applications (2004–2016)

• Review of Studies Estimating IUU Fishing and the Methodologies Utilized

• Estrategia Regional para Prevenir, Desalentar y Erradicar la Pesca Ilegal, No Declarada y No Reglamentada con Énfasis en Aguas Jurisdiccionales y Comunidades Pesqueras (OSPESCA)

• Technical Guidelines on Methodologies and Indicators for the Estimation of the Magnitude and Impact of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU Fishing) - Volume 3.1: A Practical Guide for Undertaking IUU Fishing Estimation Studies

• UNODC Approach to Crimes in the Fisheries Sector

• Implementing the voluntary guidelines for the marking of fishing gear in eastern Caribbean small-scale fisheries: An assessment of gear marking provisions

• Managing abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (Derelict Gear) in Eastern Caribbean small-scale fisheries: An assessment of legislative, regulatory and policy gaps

• Understanding the drivers, scale and impact of abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear in small-scale fisheries: an Eastern Caribbean perspective

• GGGI Best Practice Framework for the Management of Fishing Gear (C-BPF) – the definitive document on best practices to prevent, mitigate and remediate ALDFG from wild capture fisheries

• GGGI Best Practice Framework for the Management of Aquaculture Gear (A-BPF) – the definitive document on best practices to prevent, mitigate and remediate ALDFG from aquaculture operations

• Ghost Gear Legislation Analysis Report – an overview of existing ALDFG-related legislation around the world and recommendations on what to include in new/upcoming legislation to effectively address ALDFG

• Effective Ghost Gear Solutions – report outlining effective cases studies addressing ALDFG from around the world

• Methods to Locate Derelict Fishing Gear in Marine Waters – report outlining methods to locate ALDFG with case study examples

• Ghost Gear Legislation Analysis Report

• GGGI 2023 video

• Fisher Voices GGGI video 1

• Fisher Voices GGGI video 2

• GGGI Annual Reports (2019-2021)

• Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries and Aquaculture in the CARICOM Region: Regional Strategy and Action Plan 2020-2030

• Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change

• Regional Approach to Climate Change in the Caribbean

• Protocol on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries and Aquaculture

• Building a Caribbean Pathway for Disaster Resilience in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

• Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture: Synthesis of current knowledge, adaptation and mitigation options

• About the SERVIR Amazonia Program