Small-Scale Fisheries Compliance Capacity Building in the Caribbean

to support conservation efforts in member nations of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism and the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission, targeting nine countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago).

This project is intended to conserve the fisheries resources including the Caribbean spiny lobster, queen conch, reef fish, and pelagic species, as well as their associated critical habitats (sea-grass beds, corals reefs, and mangroves).

Conservation efforts will be supported by building the capacity of marine protected area managers and fishery resource managers to gather, store, analyze, and report data using the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool for expanded implementation in the marine environment (SMART-Marine).