The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), an institution of  CARICOM, promotes and facilitates the responsible utilization of the region's fisheries and other aquatic resources for the economic and social benefits of the people of the region. The CRFM consist of three bodies – the Ministerial Council; the Caribbean Fisheries Forum; and the CRFM Secretariat.

Other quick facts

• Established: 2003
• Area of work: Fisheries
• Members: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Head: Millington Haughton, Executive Director
• Headquarters: Belize City, Belize

Updated 11 December 2017

Volderine Hackett