Anguilla 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Grenada 
Bahamas 
Barbados 
Belize 
Dominica 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Jamaica 
Montserrat 
St. Kitts and Nevis 
St. Lucia 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
Suriname 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Turks and Caicos 
| DATE | EVENT |
| 7 January | SPS Planning Meeting with Nexus Consultants |
| 12 - 13 January | CRLG RBM and OME Traoning |
| 17 January | Regional Agriculture Planning Meeting |
| 18 January | CANARI / CRFM Meeting re IUU Proposal |
| 18 January | FAO / FIRMS Meeting |
| 18 January | Launch of the Digitaal Agri Hub in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| 19 January | CRLG RBM and OME Training |
| 20 January | CRLG RBM and OME Training |
| 25 January | CC4FISH and StewardFish Terminal Evaluations |
| 26 January | CRLG RBM and ME Training |
| 26 January | 11th EDF SPS Planning Meeting |
| 27 January | CRLG RBM and ME Training |
| 2 February | Caribbean Virtual Safety at Sea Refresher Course |
| 2-3 February | CRLG RBM and ME Training |
| 3 February | IUUF - TRADEWINDS Mid Planning Conference |
| 4 February | Review of CARICOM Community Institutionss Introductory Meeting |
| 7 February | SPS Fisheries Capacity Building Update Meeting |
| 8 February | Statistics and Firms Template: review of contributions, Q/A, identification of challenges and issues |
| 9 February | Ocean Country Partnership Programme Stakeholder (OCPP) Launch Workshop |
| 9 February | Grenada Fisheries and Climate Change Workshop |
| 9 February | CRLG RBM / MEAL Training Course |
| 9 - 11 February | One Ocean Summit |
| 10 February | FAO / FIRMS |
| 10 February | Stewardfish Final Evaluation - preliminary findings and recommendations |
| 11 February | Business Development Thematic Group |
| 11 February | CRFM Executive Committee Meeting |
| 14 - 16 February | International Ocean Data Conference 2022 - The Data we need for the Ocean |
| 14 - 16 February | Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on Fisheries using Moored Fish Aggregating Devices |
| 15 February | BBNJ Briefing for CARICOM GEF Focal Point |
| 15 - 18 February | World Maritime University IUU Fishing (CAPFISH) Workshop |
| 16 February | COASTFISH Meeting |
| 17 - 18 February | Course 1: Training under 11th EDF Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
| 17 February | Neeting with CRFM and CNFO |
| 23 February | SPS Project - Coordination Consultancy Validation Workshop for "Roadmap" |
| 23-25 February | Caribbean Forum on Maritime Crime |
| 25 February | AHFS Thematic Group Meeting |
| 28 February - 1 March | Thirty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community |
| 28 February | ACP IUU Seminar |
| 1 March | Coordination Call - SOI Regional OECM Workshop |
| 2 March | Coordination Call - SOI Regional OECM Workshop |
| 3 March | Coordination Call - SOI Regional OECM Workshop |
| 3 March | Strengthening Regional Coordination Framework for the Fisheries Sector Roadmap Validation Workshop |
| 4 March | Visit of Deputy Secretary General to CRFM |
| 4 March | Business Development Thematic Group |
| 7 - 9 March | The Fifth Meeting of the Forum of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development |
| 9 March | FISHCOM WG Meeting |
| 10 March | WECAFC / CRFM / OSPESCA Fishery Data and Statistics Working Group (FDS - WG) Conclusion Meeting |
| 10 March | 11th EDF SPS ROM Interview |
| 16 or 17 March | Technical Workshop on IUU & Organizational Crime |
| 21 - 25 March | Tradewinds Exercise in Belize |
| 22 March | World Water Day |
| 22 - 23 March | 20th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum |
| 21-25 March | TRADEWINDS Exercise in Belize |
| 23 - 24 March | 20th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum |
| 5 - 8 April | 6th ACP Ministers of Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| 12 April | SID Global Business Network Forum |
| 20 - 21 April | Sustainable Ocean Initiative Capacity-Building Workshop for the Wider Caribbean and Central American on other effective Area-based Conservation Measures in the Marine Fishery Sector |
| 22 or 25 April | 16th CRFM Ministerial Council |
| 27 - 28 April | Sustainable Ocean Initiative Capacity-Building |
| Meeting of Official Preparatory to the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of th Council for Foreign and Community Relation (COFCOR) | |
| Meeting of the Community Coucil of Ministers | |
| Meeting of Official Preparatory to the Fifty-Fourth Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) | |
| Fifty-Fourth Regular Meeting of the the Council for Trade and Economic Developmet (COTED) | |
| 26 - 29 July 2022 | Eighteenth Plenary Session of WECAFC |
| 22 - 24 August | Introductory-Fisheries Prosecution and Interdiction Course |
| Enhancing Economic Recovery | |
| Promoting Social Resilience and Advancing Citizen Wellbeing | |
| Sixteenth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (CFCOR) and Meeting in the Margin of the UNGA | |
| 5 - 9 September | Thirty-Fifth Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Fisheries (COFI 36) |
| 12 - 30 September | Advanced-Fisheries Prosecution and Interdiction Course |
| Oct during CWA | 11th Special CRFM Ministerial Council |
| Nov | Meeting of the Community Council of Minister |
| Nov | Meeting of Official Preparatory to the Fifty-fifth Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) |
| Nov | Fifty-fifth Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) |
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Friday, 27 August 2021 17:21
MEETING OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR FISHERIES AND BLUE ECONOMIC GROWTH ON IUU FISHING AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE FISHING INDUSTRY
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Draft Agenda and Information Note (Revised)
Resolution regarding the Copenhagen Declaration on Transnational Organized Crime
The International declaration on transnational organized crime in the global fishing industry
The Blue Justice Community (Flyer)
Castries (St. Lucia) Declaration on IUU Fishing
Regional Strategy on MCS to Combat IUU Fishing in CARICOM-CARIFORUM Region
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Friday, 04 June 2021 12:04
CRFM appoints new Deputy Executive Director
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Wednesday, 26 May 2021 18:22
CRFM Member States urged to prioritize Blue Economy to strengthen the region’s COVID-19 recovery agenda
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Tuesday, 27 April 2021 07:33
Caribbean Fisheries Forum convenes its 19th Meeting
Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:37
‘Fish. For Life’: CRFM announces release of second edition Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Management Plan
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| Date | Events |
| JANUARY | |
| 14 January | 2nd Meeting of Secretary-General, Heads of CARICOM Institutions and CARICOM Ambassadors |
| 21 - 22 January | StewardFish Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) Training Workshop |
| 21 January | Japan Informal Sustainable Use Dialogue (7.00-9.00am BZ |
| 25 January | Regional ProDoc Validation Workshop BE: CLME+Project |
| 26 January | PSC Meeting of CC4FISH (8:30 - 11:00am B’dos time) |
| 27 January | Barbados Sargassum Adaptive Management Strategy (SAMS) (9:15 AM – 12:00 NOON EC) |
| 27 January |
Training sessions in use of the CRFM Data Portal |
| 28 January | Senior Managers’ Committee Meeting |
| 29 January |
Training sessions in use of the CRFM Data Portal |
| FEBRUARY | |
| 1 - 5 February | FAO COFI |
| 5 February |
CRFM Technical Team Meeting |
| 8 February | Emergency Ad hoc Technical Meeting to discuss the compilation of comments of the G77 and China on the zero draft of the negotiating text for UNCTAD XV |
| 10 - 12 February | Ad hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting to provide advice to CARICOM negotiators in Geneva on the Chair's Draft Negotiating text ahead of UNCTAD 15 Conference (Expert level) |
| 11 February | IAEA Extraordinary Meeting of the SAGNA |
| 11 February | Regional briefing meeting in preparation for Subsidiary Body of Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) 24 |
| 12 February | Coastfish Project - Antigua and Barbuda Preliminary Planning Meeting |
| 12 February | Meeting with BFCA/CNFO/lawyer to discuss legal case BFCA v Gov BZE challenging gillnet ban |
| 16 February | Session 1 - 10th CLME+ SAP ICM Meeting |
| 18 February | Session 2 - 10th CLME+ SAP ICM Meeting |
| 18 February | Ad hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting to provide advice to CARICOM negotiators in Geneva on the Chair's Draft Negotiating text ahead of UNCTAD 15 Conference - Review the outcome of the expert-level review (Ambassadors Meeting) |
| 19 February | 3rd Special Meeting of the Executive Committee |
| 19 February |
CARICOM Preparatory Meeting, ahead of the UNDP/GEF CLME+ Special Virtual Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting |
| 22 - 26 February | Ad hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting to provide advice to CARICOM negotiators in Geneva on the Chair's Draft Negotiating text ahead of UNCTAD 15 Conference - First reading of the draft negotiating tex |
| 23 - 25 February | Third and final regular CLME+ Project Steering Committee Meeting |
| 24 -25 February | Eighth Meeting of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats’ Network |
| 26 February | UNRCO Kick-Off Workshop for the formulation and design of the Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework 2022-2026 (MSDF II) |
| MARCH | |
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1 March |
Meeting with UN Consultant (Regional Cooperation Framework) |
| 3 March | Sargassum Products Virtual Training Workshop (1.00 -3.30 pm BZ/ 2.00-4.30 JAM/ 3.00 -5.30 EC) |
| 5 March | 36th Meeting of the Executive Committee |
| 11 March | Eighth Meeting of Senior Officials on the Negotiations of Fisheries Subsidies in the World Trade Organization (WTO) |
| 18 March | Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting |
| 29 - 31 March | 22nd Annual SAGNA meeting |
| APRIL | |
| 15 - 16 April | 19th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2021 15:30
Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy
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