Developing Organizational Capacity for Ecosystem Stewardship and Livelihoods in Caribbean Small-Scale Fisheries (StewardFish)

: to support the implementation of strategies 1,2,3 and sub-strategies 1.4, 1.5, 2.7, 2.8, 3.7 of the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf (CLME+) Strategic Action Plan (SAP) in Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Member States by empowering fisherfolks throughout fisheries value chains, and to upkeep their engagement in resource management, decision-making and sustainable livelihoods, with strengthened institutional support at all levels

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Completed
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/9720
Countries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Saint Lucia,
Jamaica,
Guyana,
Belize,
Barbados,
Antigua and Barbuda
Managing organisations
Fisheries Division(s) of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC)
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)
Caribbean Network of Fisherfo
Implementing organisations
FAO
Project ID
9720
GEF project type
Medium size
GEF project phase
GEF - 6
GEF Cofinancing
$7.113.000
GEF project grant
$1.776.484
Executing Agencies
Fisheries Division(s) of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC); Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM); Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organizations (CNFO); University of the West Indies Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (UWI-CERMES)