Atlantic Latin America and the Caribbean

Amrikha Singh Senior Project Officer Sustainable Development CARICOM

Andrei Polejack Coordinator for Ocean Sciences and Antarctica Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation BRAZIL

Raymon van Anrooy Secretary Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission WECAFC

Atlantic Latin America and the Caribbean

The Caribbean Sea

How ABNJ can affect Coastal Zones

Courtesy of Edmo Campos (USP)

How Coastal Zone can affect ABNJ - case

Mean of 17 trillion liters of fresh water daily, represents around 15% of all the waters globally coming from rivers into the oceans. Source: National Geographic (2011)

Source: MyOcean.eu

Relevant Issues

• Institutional: delimitations of sea boundaries/EEZs

• Environmental: overfishing, IUU fishing, dying of reefs, invasives (i.e. sargassum), climate change/DRM, garbage/waste problem

• Social: food security, employment, CO2 capture/oxygen, unknown areas, science and technology, security (war on drugs)

• Economic: energy options and needs, fisheries DWFNs

Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

Map: courtesy EU DG Mare

51% High

Seas

WECAFC’s mandate area

Covering FAO Area 31 and northern

part of Area 41

9.4 million sqkm of ABNJ

covered

Needs

• Governance

– Policy

– Institutional coordination and coverage

– Legal framework gaps and enforcement

– Management planning and implementation

• Financial

• Capacity building

– Technical aspects

– Policy making

• Raising awareness

• Information and Data management

In conclusion

• ABNJ has large impacts in our

economies/environment/social

• LAC lacks an RFMO and proper coordination

• Need for capacity in ABNJ is an urgent

matter

• LAC lacks access to ABNJ research

• Region with highly significant and vulnerable

marine environments

In Conclusion