Towards an Integrated Reporting Mechanism for the CLME+ SAP

March 27, 2017 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF), through its International Waters (IW) Focal Area, financially supports the adoption of the “Large Marine Ecosystem approach” for the collaborative, transboundary management of shared marine resources. In this context, the GEF and UNDP foster the adoption of a cyclical approach of joint (a) Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and (b) Strategic Planning. Continue reading “Towards an Integrated Reporting Mechanism for the CLME+ SAP”

CLME+ SAP and Project Actions underscored at the Cartagena Convention IGM

March 20, 2017 Country representatives from the wider Caribbean Region met in Cayenne, French Guiana from 15-17 March 2017 for the Seventeenth Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM) of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Fourteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the wider Caribbean Region (“Cartagena Convention”). Continue reading “CLME+ SAP and Project Actions underscored at the Cartagena Convention IGM”

EBM Sub-project along the North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem

March 15, 2017 – A workshop to support the development of the full project document and results framework for an Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) sub-project along the North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem took place in Cayenne, French Guiana 10-11 March, 2017.  Continue reading “EBM Sub-project along the North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem”

Ecosystem Based Management Workshop

March 09, 2017 –  UNEP-CEP as Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention with financial support from the UNDP/GEF CLME+ Project will be convening a two day stakeholder dialogue to formulate the Ecosystem Based Management sub-project for the North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (LME). It will take place from March 11th to 12th in Cayenne, French Guiana. Continue reading “Ecosystem Based Management Workshop”

Meeting of the Regional Working Group on IUU Fishing

March 06, 2017 – The first Meeting of the CRFM/OSPESCA/WECAFC-FAO Regional Working Group on Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (RWG IUU) was held 1-2 March 2017 at the UN House in Barbados.  The RWG IUU was established at the 15th Session of WECAFC which took place in 2014 in Trinidad and Tobago. Continue reading “Meeting of the Regional Working Group on IUU Fishing”

Regional closed season for the Caribbean Spiny Lobster

March 2, 2017 – Lobster fishing is simultaneously suspended in the countries from the System for Central American Integration (SICA) from March 1st to June 30th: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Dominican Republic. In Belize, the closed season runs from February 15th to June 15th. During this period the Caribbean Spiny Lobster cannot be caught or commercialized. Continue reading “Regional closed season for the Caribbean Spiny Lobster”

Meeting of Interim Coordination Mechanism for Sustainable Fisheries

March 1, 2017 – Three Regional Fisheries Bodies – CRFM, OSPESCA and WECAFC-FAO – met on the afternoon of the 28 February 2017 at the UN House in Barbados to discuss opportunities for enhanced collaboration related to important fisheries management topics identified under the 10-year politically approved CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (SAP). Continue reading “Meeting of Interim Coordination Mechanism for Sustainable Fisheries”