Abstract

The University of the West Indies - Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies in partnership with the Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations, Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat, is collaborating on a participatory process to incorporate the international Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradica-tion (SSF Guidelines) into the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy (CCCFP). The aim is to craft a policy protocol that not only incorporates the global instrument into the regional instruments, but also highlights what fisheries stakeholders consider to be priorities for attention. The SSF Guidelines support responsible fisheries and sustainable social and economic development for current and future generations, while the CCCFP promotes the sustainable utilisation of the fisheries resources for the well-being of all Caribbean people. Having a protocol should move these Guidelines from global policy into regional practice. Since the acceptance of the recommendation to develop the protocol, using a participatory approach, by the March 2017 CRFM 15th Caribbean Fisheries Forum, and its subsequent endorsement by the May 2017 Ministerial Council, the project partnership created awareness by engaging fisherfolk, fisheries officers and other key stakeholders in identifying and prioritizing fisheries issues for inclusion in the protocol.

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