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Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified nationals of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism / Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members to fill the position of PROGRAMME MANAGER – RESEARCH AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT in the CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (CRFM) SECRETARIAT.

The deadline for the submission of applications is 28 April 2017

Please review the attached file for further details.

Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:47

Preliminary List of Meetings 2017

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DATE EVENT LOCATION Meeting Convener
15 - 27 January Norwegian Technical Mission

Belize, Haiti, Barbados, Guyana. Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago

      Gov.Norway
17 January     CLME+ Project Executive Group Meeting Virtual       CLME+
18 January Caribbean Billfish Project Steering Committee Meeting  Virtual       FAO
24 - 26 January Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme (CME Programme) Marine Workshop for the Caribbean Ocean Region Kingston, Jamaica       UK Gov.
7 - 9 February Inception Workshop of project GCP/SLC/202/SCF "Climate Change Asaptation for Eastern Caribbean Fisheries" Barbados       FAO
20 - 24 February Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for the Wider Caribbean and Central America San Jose, Costa Rica       CBD
2- - 24 February Special Meeting of the SPS Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Trinidad and Tobago       IICA
21 - 23 February First Caribbean Sustainable Development Forum Oranjestad, Aruba       CSDF
23 - 24 February (Tentative) 28th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum St. Vincent and the Grenadines       CRFM
27 - 28 February Validation Workshop- Study on Impacts of Rising Cost Factors on Fishing Operations in the CRFM Member States  Barbados       FAO/CRFM
1 - 3 March First Meeting of the WECAFC/CRFM Regional Working Group on IUU Fishing under Project GCP/SLC/008/USA Support to the Caribbean Regional Working Group on Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (RWG-IUU) Barbados       FAO
TBD 3rd Regional Workshop on Caribbean Billfish Fisheries Management and Conservation, under the Caribbean Billfish Project (GCP/SLC/001/WBK) Dominican Republic       FAO/CRFM
30-31 March  15th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum Jamaica       CRFM
11 - 13 April Meeting of the WECAFC/OSPESCA Working Group on Sharks under project GCP/SLC/013/USA Conservation and Management of SHarks and Rays in the Wider Caribbean Region Barbados       FAO
19 May (Tentative) 11th Meeting fo the CRFM Ministerial Council Guyana       CRFM
23 - 25 May Regional Workshop on the establishment of a Regional Fishing Vessel Register under project GCP/SLC/012/EC Workshop on IUU Fishing of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission Barbados       FAO
24 May - 21 July IOI Training Programme on ocean Governance: Policy, Law and Management Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada       IOI
5 - 9 June High Level UN Conference, co-hosted by the Government of Fiji and Sweden, will coincide with the World Oceans Day, and seek to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Conserve and sustainably use of the oceans, sea and marine Resources for sustainable development) New York       Fiji and             Sweden     Gov.
  9th Session of COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture / SIDs Side Event on Aquaculture Iran       FAO
Sept. 2016 - March 2017 United Nations University - Fisheries Training Programme - 6 Month fellowship Iceland       UNU-FTP
October/November  JICA-CARIFICO Dissemination Workshop St. Lucia       JICA-  CARIFICO/CRFM
  70th Meeting of GCFI Mexico       GCFI

Thursday, 07 July 2016 10:42

Members

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The following are Member States' representatives in the Caribbean Fisheries Forum:


ANGUILLA
Ms. Kafi Gumbs
Director (ag.)
Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources
Government of Anguilla


ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Mr. Ian Horsford
Chief Fisheries Officer (Ag.)
Fisheries Division


THE BAHAMAS
Mr. Gregory Bethel
Acting Director / ACIO
Department of Marine Resources
Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources 


BARBADOS

Mrs. Joyce Leslie
Chief Fisheries Officer (ag)
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy


BELIZE

Mr. Rigoberto Quintana
Fisheries Administrator (Ag.)
Belize Fisheries Department


DOMINICA

Mr. Jullan DeFoe
Chief Fisheries Officer (ag.)
Fisheries Division


GRENADA

Mr. George Phillip
Acting Chief Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts, Fisheries and Cooperatives


JAMAICA

Dr. Gavin Bellamy
Chief Executive Officer
National Fisheries Authority
Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries


MONTSERRAT

Mr. Alwyn Ponteen
Chief Fisheries and Ocean Governance Officer
Fisheries Unit
Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Lands, Housing and the Environment


ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Dr. Marc Williams
Director of Marine Resources
Department of Marine Resources
Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources


SAINT LUCIA

Mrs. Sarita Williams-Peter
Chief Fisheries Officer
Department of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical
Planning Natural Resources and Co-operatives


ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

Mrs. Jennifer Cruickshank-Howard
Chief Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour


SURINAME

Mr. Zojindra Arjune
Deputy Director of Fisheries
Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries


TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Ms. Elizabeth Mohammed
Senior Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division


TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS

Ms. Kathleen M. Wood
Director
Department of Environment and Maritime Administration
Ministry of Environment and Home Affairs

Thursday, 07 July 2016 10:20

COMPOSITION & FUNCTIONS

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Composition of the Forum

1. The Forum shall comprise:

(a) one representative of each Member of the Mechanism;

(b) one representative of each Associate Member of the Mechanism;

(c) representatives of the following groups, institutions and bodies, approved by the Ministerial Council as Observers:

(d) Fisher Folk Organisations and Private Fishing Companies within the Caribbean Region;

(e) Regional bodies and institutions and regional organisations whose work in the area of fisheries contribute to the work of the Mechanism;

(f) Non-Governmental Organisations whose work in the area of fisheries contribute to the work of the Mechanism.

2. The Forum shall elect a chairman from among the Members of the Mechanism and, subject to this Agreement, shall establish its own rules of procedure.

Functions of the Forum.

Subject to the policy direction of the Ministerial Council, the Forum shall determine the technical and scientific work of the Mechanism and, in particular, the Forum shall:


(a) promote the protection and rehabilitation of fisheries habitats and the environment generally;

(b) encourage the use of post-harvest practices in the fisheries sub-sector that maintain the nutritional value and quality of products;

(c) encourage the establishment of effective mechanisms for monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries exploitation;

(d) recommend for approval by the Ministerial Council, arrangements for sustainable fisheries management and development in Member States based upon the best available technical or scientific data and information;

(e) recommend for approval by the Ministerial Council, co-operative and other arrangements relating to fisheries;

(f) review the arrangements recommended by the Technical Unit for sustainable fisheries management and development in Member States;

(g) examine and consider action taken by Member States and third States which may prejudice arrangements for sustainable fisheries management and development;

(h) receive reports on new arrangements made between Member States and third States with respect to the conservation and management of fisheries;

(i) receive reports on such activities as may from time to time be entrusted to sub-committees or interest groups of the Forum;

(j) receive and examine the draft Work Plan and Budget of the Mechanism and submit recommendations thereon to the Ministerial Council;

(k) determine from time to time the priorities for the Work Programme of the Mechanism;

(l) approve the staff regulations recommended by the Technical Unit;

(m) undertake such other functions as from time to time may be entrusted to it by the Ministerial Council.


The Forum shall convene in regular sessions once a year and in such special sessions as it considers necessary to perform its functions.

 

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