📅 Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
📍 University of West Indies, Open Campus, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
🏛 Video Conferencing Room
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry & Labour, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Opening of the Forum
Executive Director
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat
Welcome Remarks
Statistics and Information Analyst
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat
Regional Overview of the Caribbean’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector
Senior Fisheries Officer, Fisheries Division, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
National Overview of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector - The Way Forward
Fisheries and Aquaculture Officer, Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean - SLC, UN FAO
Forging a new path for Aquaculture Development in the Caribbean
Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions after these three presentations.
Technical Specialist / Chief Fisheries Officer, Fisheries Division
Experiences & Lessons Learned from Hurricane Beryl in Disaster Risk Resilience in Grenada
Chief Fisheries Officer, Barbados Fisheries Division
Experiences & Lessons Learned from Hurricane Beryl in Disaster Risk Resilience in Barbados
Lead consultant, CCRIF SPC Technical Assistance & Corporate Communications
Risk Insurance & Protection for Fisheries and Aquaculture
Participants will have an opportunity to engage in a Moderated Discussion after these presentations.
President, National Fisherfolk Organisation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
National Perspective
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), the University of the West Indies
Strategic Approaches for Enhancing the Capacities and Impacts of National and Regional Caribbean Fisherfolk Organizations
Senior Fisheries Officer, Fisheries Division, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Moderated Discussion & Wrap up
Deputy Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat
Chair of the Forum
Participants will have an opportunity to engage in a Moderated Discussion after these presentations.
The purpose of the Caribbean Small Scale Fisheries & Aquaculture Forum is to provide a space for small-scale fishers to engage with CRFM, Member States representatives, other stakeholders, and partners on matters of key importance to the sector, surrounding the central themes of climate change, food security, and sustainable livelihoods.