Abstract

The Japanese government has supported the introduction and/or expansion of the use of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) to develop the offshore pelagic fishery in the eastern Caribbean region through a five-year project (2013-2018) called Caribbean Fisheries Co-Management (CARIFICO). The project has been implemented in partnership with the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and the governments of six Caribbean islands (Figure 1). CARIFICO has been facilitated through consultations, trainings and the supply of FAD equipment; and by strengthening policy and organizational mechanisms to manage and sustain the fishery. The goal of the project was to improve the livelihoods of artisanal fishers. A key evaluative component of the CARIFICO project was to determine the impact that co-managed FAD programs had on the livelihoods of artisanal fishers. This was accomplished through a socio-economic survey of fishers residing on islands participating in the CARIFICO project.

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