Supporting the Implementation of the Regional Plan of Action to Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Caribbean - GCP/SLC/016/EC
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Project's full title | Supporting the Implementation of the Regional Plan of Action to Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Caribbean - GCP/SLC/016/EC |
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Countries | European Union |
Start date | 01/08/2018 |
End date | 30/06/2023 |
Status | Closed |
Donor | European Union |
Budget | USD 158 025 |
Project Code | GCP/SLC/016/EC |
Objective / Goal | The WECAFC Executive Committee, officers from the IUU/Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the Development Law Branch at FAO, the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and partners of the Regional Working Group on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (RWG-IUU) worked with the WECAFC Secretariat to achieve the project’s objectives. The project organized the Third and Fourth RWG-IUU Meetings and a retreat. At these events, four recommendations were drafted, awareness of IUU fishing was raised, and the Regional Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU fishing (ROPA-IUU) was developed. The Plan was endorsed at the Seventeenth Session of the Commission (WECAFC17). Subsequently, a survey on the readiness of WECAFC members to implement the RPOA-IUU was carried out. At WECAFC17 and WECAFC18, the four recommendations drafted at the Third and Fourth Meetings of the RWG-IUU were endorsed: (i) On the monitoring and control of transshipment at sea; (ii) On the application in the region of the technical guidelines on methodologies and indicators for the estimation of the magnitude and impact of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; (iii) On the marking of fishing gear; and (iv) On effectively combatting IUU fishing. Preliminary activities for the Second Preparatory Meeting (SPM) were carried out. These included the administration of two survey questionnaires, the organization of a virtual meeting of the WECAFC ad hoc Intersessional Working Group (IWG), and the drafting of a text on the mandate and objectives of the WECAFC as an RFME/A. |
Partners |
Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) of the European Union; |
Beneficiaries | Member countries of the WECAFC |
Activities |
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Impact | By strengthening the capacities of WECAFC member states to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing and to establish a body to enforce the WECAFC’s mandate as an RFME/A, the results of the project are expected to enhance regional governance for the sustainable management of fisheries in the Caribbean. |
Contact | FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean [email protected] |
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