Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations.

To conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. The Nature Conservancy is working with you to make a lasting difference around the world in more than 35 countries, all 50 states and your backyard.

The CARIBSAVE Partnership (CARIBSAVE) is a Not-For-Profit regional organization based in the Caribbean with its Headquarters in Barbados. CARIBSAVE works with stakeholders to address the impacts and challenges surrounding climate change, the environment, economic development and community livelihoods across the Caribbean Basin, using an integrated and holistic approach.

The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is aimed to promote and facilitate the responsible utilization of the region's fisheries and other aquatic resources for the economic and social benefits of the current and future population of the region. The objectives of the CRFM as enunciated by its founding document are threefold: (a) the efficient management and sustainable development of marine and other aquatic resources within the jurisdictions of Member States; (b) the promotion and establishment of co-operative arrangements among interested States for the efficient management of shared, straddling or highly migratory marine and other aquatic resources; and (c) the provision of technical advisory and consultative services to fisheries divisions of Member States in the development, management and conservation of their marine and other aquatic resources.

The general objective of the Commission is to promote the effective conservation, management and development of the living marine resources of the area of competence of the Commission, in accordance with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, and address common problems of fisheries management and development faced by members of the Commission.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, led by Hon. Roland Bhola, Minister, has a mandate to contribute to the economic growth and sustainable development of Grenada.

The Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs will be the driving force in sustainable development of agriculture, fisheries and food production in Trinidad and Tobago by ensuring the delivery of a range of agricultural services consistent with state policy and the expectation of all stakeholders through the use of modern technology.

The Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations (CNFO) is a network of small-scale fisherfolk and their organisations, operating in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies,[2][3] is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean.