This web page is provided for the convenience of workshop participants, resource persons and other interested parties who wish access via internet to workshop materials and to share them with others.

Background documentation on the Code

FAO maintains several web pages of information on the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries at http://www.fao.org/fishery/code/en. Below are the home page links for downloads and much more.

• About the Code
• News & Highlights
• Framework
• Guidelines
• Monitoring
• Meetings
• Publications
• Margarita Lizárraga Medal Award
• Contact

Other Related Documentation

• Voluntary Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries
• International Plans of Action: seabirds, sharks, capacity and IUU
• Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Capture Fisheries
• Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
• Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
• International Guidelines for the management of deep-Sea Fisheries on the High Seas
• International Guidelines for Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards
  (this will be published and available shortly)
• Antigua and Barrbuda's Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Travel and logistics information for participants

• Campus map (available here)
• Participants logistic note #1…Accommodation (available here)
• Participants logistic note #2…Alternative accommodation (available here)
• Participants logistic note #3…Transportation and other (available here)
• Tourist information on Barbados (www.barbados.org)
• Coastwise Bus Tour Information (available here)
  

Workshop documents including outputs

• Agenda and Timetable (UPDATED 05 Dec, 2011)
• Workshop Prospectus
• List of Participants
• Integration of Fisheries Into Coastal Management
• Application of the CCRF
• Guidance note - Governance Frameworks and the Code
• Guidance note EAF Working Group 1 - Scoping Exercise
• Guidance note EAF Working Group 2 - Ecological Issues Exercise
• Guidance note EAF Working Group 3 - Human Issues Exercise
• Guidance note EAF Working Group 4 - Ability to Achieve Issues Exercise
• Conclusions and Recommendations (Draft 9)

Presentations

Day One

• Workshop Objectives
• Purpose, Goals and Stucture of the Code
• Application of the Code in the Caribbean Region: Overview, Challenges and Opportunities
• Integration of Fisheries into Coastal Area Management
• Fisheries Management - Article 7
• FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Implementation, Monitoring and Updating
• Increasing the Contribution of Small-Scale Fisheries to Poverty Alleviation and Food Security

Day Two

• EAF Overview

Day Three

• Management and Sharks in the Caribbean: Implementing the IPOA-Sharks
• Ospesca Presentation in the code of conduct WECAF

Day Four

• Work Group 1 - Post Harvest Issues
• Work Group 2 - Participation in Policy and Planning
• Work Group 3 - Definition of Small Scale Fisheries
• Work Group 4 - NPOA: Sharks

Media information and press coverage

• FAO Workshop Media Announcement #1
• FAO Workshop Media Announcement #2
• Barbados Advocae Article - 'From Awareness to Implementation and Action'
• Nation Newspaper Articles - ‘FAO warns of overfishing’ and ‘Plans to improve fish management’

For information on workshop organisation contact:

Dr. Jennifer Hurley
Tel: (246) 417-4339; Fax: (246) 424-4204;
jennifer.hurley@cavehill.uwi.edu

Dr. Patrick McConney
Tel: (246) 417-4725; Fax: (246) 424-4204;
patrick.mcconney@cavehill.uwi.edu

Ms. Lisa-Ann Rollins
Tel: (246) 417-4316; Fax: (246) 424-4204;
lisa-ann.rollins@cavehill.uwi.edu