{"id":20493,"date":"2012-04-12T10:41:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=20493"},"modified":"2012-04-12T10:41:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:41:59","slug":"caribbean-fisheries-face-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/04\/caribbean-fisheries-face-challenges","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Fisheries Face Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18605 alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"fishing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fishing.jpg\" alt=\"fishing\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fishing.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fishing-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>During a  recent Caribbean Fisheries Forum, held in Nassau, Bahamas, concerns  have been raised over the numerous challenges which faced by Caribbean  countries regarding the sustainable development of fisheries and  aquaculture sector. Some key issues discussed dealt with the prevalence  of <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/fisheries\/cfp\/illegal_fishing\/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\">illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing<\/a>,  the need to improve sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards to ensure  safety, and the improvement of the access to export markets, among  others.<\/p>\n<p>On a positive note, the meeting saw the expression of  appreciation for donors which are contributing to the sustainable  development of fisheries in the region, through the funding of a number  of important regional fisheries projects, among which are the Spanish  Government and the <a href=\"http:\/\/acpfish2-eu.org\/index.php?page=templates&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">EU-funded ACP Fish II Project. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Caribbean Fisheries Forum, held in Nassau, Bahamas, looked at the numerous challenges faced by Caribbean countries regarding the sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture sector. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[100,76,39],"class_list":["post-20493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-caribbean-2","tag-environment-2","tag-fishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}