It is no denying fact that the future of sustainable commercial fishing in the Caribbean region is not very sound and so there are many uncertainties which will be explored when the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat hosts the panel discussion.
The panel discussion titled ‘Caribbean Fisheries: Sinking or Swimming in Uncertain Waters’. It is a public discussion that will take place at the CARICOM Secretariat Annex, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana and it draws on expert insight from a number of stakeholders in the Guyana fishing industry including Les Romahlo of the Guyana Fisheries Advisory Committee and consultant Rueben Charles, as well as Milton Haughton, deputy executive director of the CRFM.
It is informed that issues such as whether there is the shared political will to finalise the Common Fisheries Policy and Regime. It will also deal whether fishers have enough say in regional fisheries management; whether regional politicians take the fisheries sector seriously. The other point to be explored is whether there can be large scale collaboration between regional fishers are among those topics the panelists will tackle.
