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Report of the Regional Policy and Planning Workshop on the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) in the Caribbean: Achieving Improved Fisheries Management and Utilization in the Wider Caribbean Region, Bridgetown, Barbados, 6–9 December 2011

Year of publication 2012

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 56

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789251071908

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report

Series number 2070-6987 - R999

Synopsis (short abstract) The Regional Policy and Planning Workshop on the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) in the Caribbean: “Achieving Improved Fisheries Management and Utilization in the Wider Caribbean Region” took place at the University of the West Indies, Barbados, on 6-9 December 2011. The workshop discussed the constraints encountered when applying the CCRF in the Caribbean region and identified solutions that would enable stakeholders to further mainstream their policies, strategies and mana gement plans with the CCRF. The workshop focused on increasing awareness and capacity in the region on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF), the International Plan of Action for the conservation and management of Sharks (IPOA-Sharks) and on the ongoing work on the Voluntary Guidelines on securing sustainable Small-scale fisheries. The Conclusions and Recommendations of the workshop have been endorsed formally, for the Wider Caribbean Region, by the Fourteenth Session of WECAFC, which was he ld in Panama City, Panama, 6-9 February 2012.

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FAO. 2012. Report of the Regional Policy and Planning Workshop on the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) in the Caribbean: Achieving Improved Fisheries Management and Utilization in the Wider Caribbean Region, Bridgetown, Barbados, 6–9 December 2011. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 999. Bridgetown, Barbados, FAO. 2012. 56 pp.

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