The regional Blue Economy Initiative - the GEF/CAF/FAO/CRFM BE-CLME+ Project
The regional Blue Economy Initiative - the GEF/CAF/FAO/CRFM BE-CLME+ Project - featured prominently during the Fisheries and Aquaculture showcase at Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026 in Jamaica.
On Monday, 28 September, the project contributed to a successful 17th Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, where Ms. Allena Joseph, Marine Spatial Planning Specialist for the BE-CLME+ Project, presented a new Marine Spatial Planning Protocol to the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy, which received unequivocal Ministerial Council approval.
On Tuesday, 29 September, a CRFM Secretariat staff session was held on the CRFM's Grievance Redress Mechanism. Ms. Daintyann Barrett-Smith, Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist, supported staff capacity building and team building activities led by CRFM Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Sandra Grant.
On Wednesday, 30 September, Mr. Keegan Slinger, Seafood Value Chain Specialist for the BE-CLME+ Project, contributed to a CRFM presentation on CRFM TRANSFORMING CARIBBEAN SEAFOOD SYSTEMS: CLEAN ENERGY AND STRONGER LIVELIHOODS, delivered at the Caribbean Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum.
To learn more about our impact through this project, head over to https://www.beknowledge.crfm.int/en
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