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Eating some delicious conch at a fishing camp in Belize. Conch shell for ornaments is usd$1.50 directly from the fisherfolk.
Mr. Phillip a fisher of 15 plus years from Caye Caulker, Belize repairing lobster traps during the closed season.
𝗖𝗥𝗙𝗠 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹’𝘀 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆
Belize City, Friday, 26 April 2024 (CRFM)—Ministers of responsible for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and the Blue Economy from Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) deliberated today, Friday, 26 April, at the 18th Regular Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the CRFM on the priority actions needed to advance sustainable development of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors...
Read more: crfm.int/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=807:crfm-ministerial-council-s-18th-meeting-address...
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Fisherwomen champion gender justice through theatre at Climate Justice Camp Caribbean
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By promoting gender-responsive policies, challenging harmful stereotypes, and empowering women as agents of change, we can advance both climate and gender justice, creating more equitable and resilient communities for everyone.📣A meeting to present the assessment of the Small Scale Fisheries Guidelines Implementation and status in Latin America and the Caribbean Region to be held in Belize City 22nd April to 27th April 2024.
📍The Regional Advisory Group in Latin America and the Caribbean (RAG-LAC) was established to facilitate and support the promotion and advocacy for implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSF Guidelines) and the rights of small-scale fishers. The RAG-LAC is presently funded by the Centro Internazionale Crocevia (Crocevia) and SwedBio (SU) to support social movements leading to the implementation of the SSF Guidelines at the regional level through the FAO SSF-GSF.
📍Caribbean Network Fisherfolk Organization (CNFO) is one of the members of the RAG-LAC and is the convener for the second regional meeting to be hosted in Belize.
📢The objectives of the meeting are to discuss the findings resulting from the assessment of the implementation of the SSF guidelines in the region, report of the situation in each country, and declare the position of the group.
📣CNFO will be hosting📣
📍Nestor Edgardo Roche Argentina
📍Lider Farias Gongora Ecuador
📍Josana Pinto Da Costa Brazil
📍Alejandro Avalos Bravo Peru
📍Francisco Javier Villegas Paredes Mexico
📍Pablo Solis Green Panama
📍Zoila Bustamante Chile
📍Jorge Icaza Stanley Panama
📣Announcement: the CNFO Chair Mr. Devon Stephen is attending EU IICA CAHFSA Workshop “Strengthening regional and national Agricultural Health and Food Safety (AHFS) Policy Coherence through Advocacy” (April 11th – 12th, 2024; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
L-R Mr. Devon Stephen, CNFO Chair of Saint Lucia
Mr. Milton Haughton, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism CRFM Executive Director
#InImages | 🏝️ This is how we live and accompany the VI Latin American Artisanal Fishing Congress in #Tolú. More than 25 organizations of artisanal fishermen participated in this congress, which constitutes ULAPA (Latinoamericana Union of Artesanal Fishing) among them representatives of Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, Honduras, Brazil, Santa Lucia, Guyana, Ecuador, St. Kitts & Nevis, Costa Rica, Peru, El Salvador and Panama.
✏️ The purpose of the meeting was to share experiences and articulate efforts related to the various problems faced by coastal and artisanal fishing communities, especially with regard to advancement of fossil fuel exploitation and climate change.
🌊 Our #ColombiaAzul 🇨🇴 #ModoPescao 🐟 #PotenciaAgroalimentaria #MejorColombiano
🤝 25 delegations participated in the VI Latin American Congress of Artisanal Fishing in 🏝️ #Tolú. At this congress, spaces for dialogue and articulation were promoted to implement good practices and care for our oceans from the impacts of fossil fuels.
#ModoPescao🐟 #PotenciaAgroalimentaria🌿#MejorColombiano🇨🇴
Mr. Jainarine Pamashwar of Guyana, Mr. Devon Stephen of Saint Lucia and Mr. Valon Glasgow of St. Kitts and Nevis are participating in a meeting on Fossil Fuel in Colombia from 2nd to 4th April 2024. Today they visited Isla Mucura to learn about the push on fisherfolk by the tourism sector.
Sod-turning ceremony!
Micoud jetty on the East coast of #saintlucia. This community has never had a jetty before, except for a few weeks in 2021 when a floating jetty was installed.
The Latin American Union of Artisanal Fisheries (ULAPA) and the Global Gas and Oil Network (GGON) invited the CNFO to the Regional Meeting of Artisanal Fishermen: For a Clean and Fossil Fuel Free Sea.
Mr. Jainarine Pamashwar of Guyana, Mr. Devon Stephen of Saint Lucia and Mr. Valon Glasgow of St. Kitts and Nevis are participating in the meeting in Colombia from 2nd to 4th April 2024.