Sustainable use refers to the responsible and careful use of the marine living resources, including fish, a variety of seaweeds, and other aquatic organisms, which are traditionally harvested in a manner that will ensure that they are available for present and future generations. It also encompasses the management of these resources in a way that will maintain their populations as well as the health and productivity of the ecosystems while avoiding overexploitation, depletion, and degradation. The sustainable use principle seeks to establish balance between the harvesting and use of the living marine resources to meet human and societal needs and benefits, to generate economic growth and development, and to provide food, nutrition and health benefits for people, with the need to ensure the long-term health and protection of biodiversity, the ecosystems, and the marine environment.

The objective of this seminar is to raise awareness and understanding of the importance, relevance and implications of the principle of sustainable use of living marine resources for blue economic growth and sustainable development of Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM). This seminar also seeks to strengthen regional efforts to conserve, manage and sustainably use the living marine resources, associated ecosystems, and biodiversity in the marine environment to achieve long-term blue economic growth and sustainable development.

This event is part of the 

CRFM Twentieth Anniversary

SEMINAR SERIES 

@ CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE