Over 60 high-level delegates from 18 countries across the Central America and Carib-bean regions concluded a milestone meeting in Belize on Tuesday resulting in the signing of the Belize Declara-tion on Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) aimed at harmonizing fisheries management and development across 24 states.
The event was the first joint meeting to bring together as many countries to discuss the plight of their shared marine resources and the battle in fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing,
