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The high attendance level of delegates to the meeting demonstrated the importance of the sustainability of the fisheries sector in the Caribbean region.

15 September 2023 - Bridgetown, Barbados – Pressing issues threatening the sustainability of living marine resources across the Caribbean were discussed at the 19th Session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from September 6 to 8, 2023. The hybrid meeting which was organized and led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), was...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Honourable Floyd Green hosted a high-level ministerial meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at the AC Hotel by Marriot in Kinston, on September 18, to discuss opportunities for regional collaboration and to agree on strategic regional projects to be presented to the FAO for support.

Five Caribbean Member States participated in the one day working meeting which was chaired by Jamaica’s Minister Floyd Green and included ministerial representation from...