The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) and Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies of the University of the West Indies (UWI-CERMES) are pleased to present to you the documentary-Spotlight on the Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Fishery.

This sixteen-minute dive into the state of the Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Fishery is an output of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism’s (CRFM) Enhancing Stakeholder Participation in Management of the Flyingfish Fishery project  and is aimed at improving awareness of the governance and management challenges impacting the Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Fishery and the critical role of the “Sub-Regional Fisheries Management Plan for Flyingfish in the Eastern Caribbean” in addressing these challenges.

The documentary can be accessed via CANARI’s YouTube channel HERE

For the full original file you can download it HERE

We also working towards having it aired on a few national television stations over the next few months.

We hope that you enjoy the documentary and encourage you to share it with your networks. Please also feel free to upload to your organisations’ websites and Facebook pages. We would like as many persons as possible to see how important the Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish fishery is and what can be done to continue the dialogue towards sustaining it for future generations to come.

Also, see attached two information sheets on the Management of the Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Fishery – “From Hook to Cook & Beyond” and “From Policy to Practice”. In the sheets you will find:

• facts on the flyingfish
• information on the ecosystem approach to fisheries
• key policies governing the flyingfish fisheries
• the various stages in the policy cycle and the stakeholders involved at each stage;
• key issues impacting sub-regional management of the Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish fishery;
• the purpose of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Management Plan for Flyingfish in the Eastern Caribbean;
• and much more!

SOURCE:

CANARI Communications