{"id":349610,"date":"2025-09-30T09:26:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=349610"},"modified":"2025-09-30T09:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:26:45","slug":"fisheries-and-aquaculture-take-center-stage-at-high-level-and-technical-events-during-caribbean-week-of-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/fisheries-and-aquaculture-take-center-stage-at-high-level-and-technical-events-during-caribbean-week-of-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisheries and Aquaculture take center stage at high-level and technical events during Caribbean Week of Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_349612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349612\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-349612\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-20-642x404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hon. Samal Duggins, host Minister for CWA 2025 and the upcoming 16th Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, addressing the audience at the opening of CWA 2025 in Saint Kitts and Nevis<br \/>(Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Saint Kitts and Nevis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is organizing three hybrid sessions to highlight developments within the fisheries and aquaculture industries during this week\u2019s 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture. This annual gathering, overseen by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, commenced at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort on Monday, September 29, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Honourable Samal Duggins, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Marine Resources and host of the week-long event, delivered opening remarks emphasizing the importance of agriculture in the region. He was quoted in a CRFM press release, saying: \u201cOur region has not always given agriculture the priority it deserves. Too often, it has been seen as a sector of last resort, rather than being recognized as a pillar of sovereignty and a pillar of growth. For too long, our farmers and our fishers\u2014the true heroes of food security\u2014have carried the heaviest of these burdens with too little recognition and too little support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349611\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-349611\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-19-642x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-19-642x394.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-19-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-19-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-19-640x392.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-19.jpg 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chair of the CRFM Ministerial Council, Honourable Kyle Hodge of Anguilla (right), with Undersecretary in the Ministry of Agriculture &amp; Marine Resources, The Bahamas, Mr. Montez Williams<br \/>(Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Saint Kitts and Nevis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, Minister Duggins will preside over the 16th Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, which will be chaired by Honourable Kyle Hodge, Anguilla\u2019s Minister of Economic Development, Industry, Commerce, Lands, Planning, Water, and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministerial Council\u2019s agenda includes discussions on the current state and trends in fisheries and aquaculture production, trade, and employment; strategies to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; implementation of a new grievance redress mechanism for the CRFM; a regional training and capacity assessment supported by the GR\u00d3-Fisheries Training Programme (FTP), under UNESCO\u2019s auspices; and south-south cooperation initiatives with China.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the ministers will receive updates and offer policy guidance on regional efforts to enhance climate resilience and promote blue economic growth. These initiatives include the Global Affairs Canada-funded Sustainable Technologies for Adaptation and Resilience in Fisheries (STAR-Fish) Project; the GEF\/CAF\/FAO\/CRFM BE-CLME+ Project, which aims to advance national blue economy priorities through marine spatial planning in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus; and the New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute\u2019s Plant and Food Research Group\/CRFM project on Sargassum products for climate resilience in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Later on Tuesday, at 1:00 PM, in the Saint Kitts (Plenary) Room at the Marriott, ministers will join stakeholders and partners both in person and online for the final event of the Sargassum Products for Climate Resilience project. This will be a seminar titled, &#8220;From Sargassum to Biostimulant: Sowing Change and Harvesting Resilience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, October 1, beginning at 1:30 PM in the Dominica Room, the CRFM will collaborate with the Department of Marine Resources and the National Fisherfolk Organization of Saint Kitts and Nevis to host the Caribbean Small-scale Fisheries &amp; Aquaculture Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Both the seminar and the forum will be held in hybrid format, allowing participants to attend either in person or virtually. Registration remains open through the CRFM\u2019s website (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfm.int\/\">crfm.int<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, through the Canada-funded STAR-Fish initiative, the CRFM will showcase a renewable energy exhibit at the 30th Agri Open Day &amp; Marine Expo, scheduled at the Royal Basseterre Valley National Park, Kim Collins Highway, on Thursday and Friday, October 2 and 3, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is organizing three hybrid sessions to highlight developments within the fisheries and aquaculture industries during this week\u2019s 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture. 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