Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified nationals of the CARICOM/CRFM Member States to fill the position of Deputy Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat with assigned duty station in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Full details of the position may be obtained by clicking “Job Vacancy” or by clicking the attachments below.
Applications in English Language with full curriculum details including nationality, work experience, educational qualifications, summary of professional skills and/or expertise, language proficiency, list of professional publications, contact information (including e-mail addresses) of three referees (at least two of whom must be familiar with the applicant’s work), and other relevant information, should be addressed to:
Executive Director, CRFM Secretariat, Belize City, P.O. Box 642, Belize and sent by email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The deadline for the submission of applications is 15 January 2021. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted in February 2021 to arrange interviews. The position will remain open until filled.
The CRFM Secretariat is soliciting Calls for Expressions of Interest under the CLME+ Flyingfish Sub-Project for the following assignments:
(i) Technical support for printing and dissemination of Eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Fishery Management Plan 2020 - 2025 and ancillary public relations items (Deadline for submission of EIO: 23rd November 2020 at 3:00p.m. (GMT-6))
(ii) Technical Support to effect the application of impact assessment tools for the outputs of the CLME+ flyingfish sub-project in the following Flyingfish countries (Deadline for submission of EIO: 16th November 2020 at 3:00p.m. (GMT-6))
- Barbados
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
The completed Proposals must be submitted within the deadline stipulated. Proposals are to be submitted electronically to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and copied to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as indicated in the Calls for Expressions of Interest.
The email subject line should indicate the EOI Reference.
Calls for Expressions of Interest can be accessed here for detail information. The CRFM Flyingfish Impact Assessment Tool is to be used in carrying out the Impact Assessment for assignment (ii)
A rapid assessment conducted by the CRFM Secretariat during May 2020, suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant threat to livelihoods in the fisheries sector and to food security. It appears that as a result of the safety measures put in place to stem the spread of the virus, the supply chain has been impacted in various ways including: disruptions in air/sea freight, transportation logistics, and processing; reduced access to fish and seafood, and inadequate storage facilities. The reduced demand has directly affected fisherfolk livelihoods, and the majority of fisherfolk have been unable to meet living expenses due to reduced incomes.
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Date | Event | Location |
24 January | Stakeholder Consultation of Barbados’ Fisheries Policy | Barbados |
28 - 29 January (postponed) | Caribbean Development Dialogue (Meeting with donors and development partners) | Guyana |
28 - 31 January | First National Workshop - Stewardfish | Jamiaca |
29 January (Postponed) | 35th Meeting of the Executive Committee | Electronic Meeting |
3 - 7 February | National Workshop for Enhancing Climate Science Basis of the GCF Funded Activities | Cambodia |
4 February | 1st Meeting of the Independent Strategic Review Team | Virtual |
10 - 13 February | Mission to IAEA Marine Lab | Monaco |
13 February | 4th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Special Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries | Electronic Meeting |
10 - 14 February | Second National Workshop - Stewardfish | Barbados |
13 February | 4th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Special Committee on Agriiculture and Fisheries | Electronic Meeting |
16 - 23 February (Postponed) | Visit of Chinese Aquaculture Experts to Jamaica, Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis | Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis |
17 February | Launch of CCAT and Seminar on rules and procedure for initiating action | Barbados |
17 February | 11th Special Meeting of the Community Council of Minister | Barbados |
18 - 19 February | 31st Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government | Barbados |
24 - 28 February | Visit of Consultant to CRFM Belize to review accounting Fiduciary systems etc (2nd Stretegic Review) | Belize |
25 February | Consultation on WECAFC Reorientation: Completing the questionnaire | Virtual |
26 February | Second Senior Officials Meeting on WTO Fisheries Subsidies | Virtual |
26 - 28 February | Regional Preparatory Meeting for next session of the BBNJ Conference | Virtual |
5 - 6 March | Inception Workshop of the GEF Funded Blue Growth Project | Belize |
9 - 13 March | 3rd National Workshop - Stewardfish | Antigua and Barbuda |
10 March | 19th CARICOM-Japan Consultation | Guyana |
11 - 12 March | Annual Project Steering Committeee Meeting of CC4FISH | Barbados |
16 - 18 March | 2nd Meeting of the WECAFC - CRFM - OSPESCA Fisheries data and Statistics Working Group | Panama |
17 - 18 March | CARIFORUM Preparatory and 3rd Meeting of the Task Force on the 2020 Review of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA | Guyana |
17 - 20 March | Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development | Guyana |
18 - 20 March | 4th National Workshop - Stewardfish | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
18 - 20 March | Joint Meeting of the CLME+ SAP Interim Coordination Mechanism and Project Executive Group | Miami |
19 March | Special Emergency Meeting of the Secretary-General CARICOM and Heads of Community Institutions | Virtual |
19 - 20 March | WECAFC Regional data Workshop | Panama |
23 - 25 March | Technical Meeting on the Use of Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques to Strengthen Member States Seafood Safty programmes | Monaco |
23 - 25 March | Towards a Sustainable and Resilient Caribbean Blue Economy | Antigua and Barbuda |
23 - 27 March | 5th National Workshop - Stewardfish | Saint Lucia |
24 March | 4th cooperation Meeting of the ACS | Barbados |
23 March - 3 April | 4th BBNJ Conference | |
2 - 3 April | 50th Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) - Officials | Guyana |
3 April | Special Meeting of the CARICOM COVID 19 Food Security Task Force | Virtual |
6 April | Follow-up Meeting to the Special Emergency Meeting of the Secretary-General, CARICOM and Heads of Community Institutions | Virtual |
7 April | Consultation for the Environmental and Horizon Scans to inform the development of thee Community Strategic Plan 2020 | Virtual |
7 April | CRFM Business Committee Meeting | Virtual |
06 - 10 April | 6th National Workshop - Sstewardfish | Belize |
15 - 16 April | CARIFORUM Preparatory & 3rd Meeting of the Task Force on the 2020 review of the CARIFORUM EU-EPA | Guyana |
15 - 17 April |
Joint Council of Ministers with responsibility for Trade and Fisheries Workshop on the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations Technical Working Group for Trade and Fisheries Officials |
St. Lucia |
16 - 17 April | 23rd Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) | Haiti |
17 April | 2nd Meeting of the Independent Strategic Review Team | Virtual |
15 - 17 April |
Joint Council of Ministers with responsibility for Trade and Fisheries
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St. Lucia |
16 - 17 April |
Meeting of Official Preparatory of the 23rd Meeting of COFCOPR |
Guyana |
20 April |
CCAT Plenary Meeting |
Virtual |
20 - 24 April | 7th National Workshop - Stewardfish | Guyana |
21 - 24 April(Postponed) |
3rd Meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Iniative Global Dialogue | Korea |
22 - 24 April | 3rd CLME+ Project Steering Committee Meeting | Panama |
23 April | 5th Meeting of the CRFM/CARICOM Fisheries and Aquaculture Priority Commodity Working Group (FISHCOM WG) | Virtual |
23 - 24 April | 50th Regular Meeting of COTED - Ministerial | Virtual |
24 April | CRFM Senior management Meeting | Virtual |
28 - 29 April | UN Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development | Virtual |
29 April | CRFM Countinental Shelf Fisheries Working Group (CRFM CSWG) on Atlantic Seabob Fisheries of Guyana and Suriname | Virtual |
6 - 8 May | 18th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum | Virtual |
11 - 14 May | 2nd regional Meeting on WECAFC Reorientation | Honduras (Tentative) |
14 May | Fisheries ICM Meeting | Virtual |
15 May | 28th Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) | Guyana |
15 May | CRFM Senior Management Meeting | Virtual |
25 - 26 May | 14th meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council | St. Lucia |
2 - 6 June | UN Ocean Conference | Lisbon |
8 - 11 June | 12th WTO Ministerial Conference | Kazakhstan |
9 June | Biodiversity Webinar in celebration of Worl Ocean and World Environment Day | Virtual |
16 - 18 June | CLME+ Project Steering Committee Sessions | Virtual |
25 June | 14th Meeting of the CRFM MinisterialCouncil | Virtual |
July | 41st Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the CAribbean Community | St. Vincent and the Grenaddaines |
5 - 10 July | 14th International Coral Reef Symposium | |
13 - 17 July | FAO COFI | Rome |
October | 15th Quadrennial of the United Nations Conference on Trade and development (UNCTAD XV) | Barbados |
9 - 13 November | 73rd GCFI Meeting | |
12 - 13 November | 11th WECAFC SAG |
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) generates an incredible amount of data and information for improving fisheries management in the CRFM sub-region, and is a known regional leader and example in strengthening the divides among science, policy and practice through sharing of knowledge to speed up the uptake of best practices.
The CRFM Portal is the doorway to CRFM’s growing and special regional pool of data, information and knowledge, packaged in a user-friendly format for use by all stakeholders, whatever your interests!
The CRFM is co-implementing the marine sub-component of the Caribbean Regional Track of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (Caribbean PPCR), which itself is implemented by the Mona Office for Research and Innovation (MORI) at the University of the West Indies with grant funding from the Climate Investment Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank.
The Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component has been extremely successful so far in generating valuable information about climate change impacts on the fisheries sector. It has also facilitated the creation of a fisher-centric ICT solution, titled Fisheries Early Warning and Emergency Response (FEWER). Outreach activities have been an important inclusion for the marine sub-component, involving fishers and other industry stakeholders in the 6 Caribbean PPCR pilot countries (Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines). This has involved raising strong awareness and increasing engagement about how and what responses to climate change should be immediately explored to protect the industry’s interests.
Susan Singh-Renton, Deputy Executive Director with the CRFM Secretariat and CRFM’s coordinator for the Caribbean PPCR’s marine activities, pointed out that “Keeping the enthusiasm and momentum will be crucial for these 6 beneficiary countries, and this means ensuring that the products are used effectively in adaptation planning so that our fishing industries can continue to perform socially and economically in the face of a changing climate. The CRFM Portal is designed to allow broad user access to datasets, information and knowledge products generated by the CRFM marine sub-component of the Caribbean PPCR, but the Portal is also being used to store products from other major CRFM projects, and national project products, as needed.”
To do just that and to help countries and the region make the best use of the new CRFM Portal, project activities recently included a face to face training session in October 2019 for beneficiary country and regional fisheries experts who are expected to be the first and most frequent users of the Portal.
Having completed the training on the use of the Portal, June Masters, who is the Statistics and Information Analyst at the CRFM Secretariat, noted that “Information and tools generated under the Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component are new information which the region needs to inform and guide adaptation and resilience in Caribbean fisheries to a changing climate. It is therefore important that this information be readily available to not just fisheries scientists but to all stakeholders and the general public. The Portal makes this possible and convenient, as it is a one-stop point that houses all the information and tools generated under the Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component. It is also easily accessed via the CRFM website.”
Jimena Eyzaguirre, Senior Climate Change Adaptation Specialist for ESSA Technologies Ltd., the supporting entity for creating the CRFM Portal, congratulated the CRFM Secretariat in promoting information sharing on climate change and fisheries and in developing a standardized climate change monitoring framework for the sector, and added that “An important message emerging from our work with the CRFM is that no matter current levels of capacity, countries in the region are willing and able to begin increasing the sector’s resilience to climate change.” According to Tim Webb, ESSA’s Database Design and Development Expert, speaking from a technical standpoint, “Exposure to R and GIS software provided to national fisheries officers as part of project training activities, taken together with ready access to spatial data through the CRFM Portal, show promise in bolstering analytical capabilities in the region.”
Singh-Renton is encouraging everyone to visit and make full use of the CRFM Portal, saying “We appreciate that users can include fishers, fisheries managers, planners, advisors, policy makers, scientists and the general public, and so the CRFM Portal has something for everyone.”
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) generates an incredible amount of data and information for improving fisheries management in the CRFM sub-region, and is a known regional leader and example in strengthening the divides among science, policy and practice through sharing of knowledge to speed up the uptake of best practices.
The CRFM Portal is the doorway to CRFM’s growing and special regional pool of data, information and knowledge, packaged in a user-friendly format for use by all stakeholders, whatever your interests!
The CRFM is co-implementing the marine sub-component of the Caribbean Regional Track of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (Caribbean PPCR), which itself is implemented by the Mona Office for Research and Innovation (MORI) at the University of the West Indies with grant funding from the Climate Investment Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank.
The Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component has been extremely successful so far in generating valuable information about climate change impacts on the fisheries sector. It has also facilitated the creation of a fisher-centric ICT solution, titled Fisheries Early Warning and Emergency Response (FEWER). Outreach activities have been an important inclusion for the marine sub-component, involving fishers and other industry stakeholders in the 6 Caribbean PPCR pilot countries (Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines). This has involved raising strong awareness and increasing engagement about how and what responses to climate change should be immediately explored to protect the industry’s interests.
Susan Singh-Renton, Deputy Executive Director with the CRFM Secretariat and CRFM’s coordinator for the Caribbean PPCR’s marine activities, pointed out that “Keeping the enthusiasm and momentum will be crucial for these 6 beneficiary countries, and this means ensuring that the products are used effectively in adaptation planning so that our fishing industries can continue to perform socially and economically in the face of a changing climate. The CRFM Portal is designed to allow broad user access to datasets, information and knowledge products generated by the CRFM marine sub-component of the Caribbean PPCR, but the Portal is also being used to store products from other major CRFM projects, and national project products, as needed.”
To do just that and to help countries and the region make the best use of the new CRFM Portal, project activities recently included a face to face training session in October 2019 for beneficiary country and regional fisheries experts who are expected to be the first and most frequent users of the Portal.
Having completed the training on the use of the Portal, June Masters, who is the Statistics and Information Analyst at the CRFM Secretariat, noted that “Information and tools generated under the Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component are new information which the region needs to inform and guide adaptation and resilience in Caribbean fisheries to a changing climate. It is therefore important that this information be readily available to not just fisheries scientists but to all stakeholders and the general public. The Portal makes this possible and convenient, as it is a one-stop point that houses all the information and tools generated under the Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component. It is also easily accessed via the CRFM website.”
Jimena Eyzaguirre, Senior Climate Change Adaptation Specialist for ESSA Technologies Ltd., the supporting entity for creating the CRFM Portal, congratulated the CRFM Secretariat in promoting information sharing on climate change and fisheries and in developing a standardized climate change monitoring framework for the sector, and added that “An important message emerging from our work with the CRFM is that no matter current levels of capacity, countries in the region are willing and able to begin increasing the sector’s resilience to climate change.” According to Tim Webb, ESSA’s Database Design and Development Expert, speaking from a technical standpoint, “Exposure to R and GIS software provided to national fisheries officers as part of project training activities, taken together with ready access to spatial data through the CRFM Portal, show promise in bolstering analytical capabilities in the region.”
Singh-Renton is encouraging everyone to visit and make full use of the CRFM Portal, saying “We appreciate that users can include fishers, fisheries managers, planners, advisors, policy makers, scientists and the general public, and so the CRFM Portal has something for everyone.”
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) generates an incredible amount of data and information for improving fisheries management in the CRFM sub-region, and is a known regional leader and example in strengthening the divides among science, policy and practice through sharing of knowledge to speed up the uptake of best practices.
The CRFM Portal is the doorway to CRFM’s growing and special regional pool of data, information and knowledge, packaged in a user-friendly format for use by all stakeholders, whatever your interests!
The CRFM is co-implementing the marine sub-component of the Caribbean Regional Track of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (Caribbean PPCR), which itself is implemented by the Mona Office for Research and Innovation (MORI) at the University of the West Indies with grant funding from the Climate Investment Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank.
The Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component has been extremely successful so far in generating valuable information about climate change impacts on the fisheries sector. It has also facilitated the creation of a fisher-centric ICT solution, titled Fisheries Early Warning and Emergency Response (FEWER). Outreach activities have been an important inclusion for the marine sub-component, involving fishers and other industry stakeholders in the 6 Caribbean PPCR pilot countries (Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines). This has involved raising strong awareness and increasing engagement about how and what responses to climate change should be immediately explored to protect the industry’s interests.
Susan Singh-Renton, Deputy Executive Director with the CRFM Secretariat and CRFM’s coordinator for the Caribbean PPCR’s marine activities, pointed out that “Keeping the enthusiasm and momentum will be crucial for these 6 beneficiary countries, and this means ensuring that the products are used effectively in adaptation planning so that our fishing industries can continue to perform socially and economically in the face of a changing climate. The CRFM Portal is designed to allow broad user access to datasets, information and knowledge products generated by the CRFM marine sub-component of the Caribbean PPCR, but the Portal is also being used to store products from other major CRFM projects, and national project products, as needed.”
To do just that and to help countries and the region make the best use of the new CRFM Portal, project activities recently included a face to face training session in October 2019 for beneficiary country and regional fisheries experts who are expected to be the first and most frequent users of the Portal.
Having completed the training on the use of the Portal, June Masters, who is the Statistics and Information Analyst at the CRFM Secretariat, noted that “Information and tools generated under the Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component are new information which the region needs to inform and guide adaptation and resilience in Caribbean fisheries to a changing climate. It is therefore important that this information be readily available to not just fisheries scientists but to all stakeholders and the general public. The Portal makes this possible and convenient, as it is a one-stop point that houses all the information and tools generated under the Caribbean PPCR marine sub-component. It is also easily accessed via the CRFM website.”
Jimena Eyzaguirre, Senior Climate Change Adaptation Specialist for ESSA Technologies Ltd., the supporting entity for creating the CRFM Portal, congratulated the CRFM Secretariat in promoting information sharing on climate change and fisheries and in developing a standardized climate change monitoring framework for the sector, and added that “An important message emerging from our work with the CRFM is that no matter current levels of capacity, countries in the region are willing and able to begin increasing the sector’s resilience to climate change.” According to Tim Webb, ESSA’s Database Design and Development Expert, speaking from a technical standpoint, “Exposure to R and GIS software provided to national fisheries officers as part of project training activities, taken together with ready access to spatial data through the CRFM Portal, show promise in bolstering analytical capabilities in the region.”
Singh-Renton is encouraging everyone to visit and make full use of the CRFM Portal, saying “We appreciate that users can include fishers, fisheries managers, planners, advisors, policy makers, scientists and the general public, and so the CRFM Portal has something for everyone.”
DATE | EVENTS | LOCATION |
15 - 18 January | UF Sea Grant | Gainsville, Florida |
21 - 24 January | LAC OA Symposium | Santa Marta, Colombi |
29 - 30 January | Regional Consultation on an Effective Platform for CARIFORUM and French Caribbean Regions and British and Dutch Overseas Countries and Territiries Dialogue | Barbados |
5 - 7 February | WECAFC Joint Working Group on Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) (Postponed) | Puerto Rico |
5 - 7 February |
UK Overseas Territories Coral Reef Initiative Workshop | Anguilla |
25 - 26 February | CAF - CRFM Blue Growth Workshop | Barbados |
26 - 27 February | First National Stakeholder Workshop: Ocean-based sectors assessment and Selection | Barbados |
26 - 28 February | Technology Solution for MPA and Fisheries Enforcement and Compliance - A Regional Forum | Belize |
28 February | Launch of the National Trade Policy for Belize | Belize City |
6 - 7 March | Workshop to facilitate provisions of RPOA-IUU | Barbados |
8 March | JICA-CRFM Workshop on CARIFICO Follow-up | St. Lucia |
13 March |
CARICOM Videoconferencing in preparation for the Second Session of Inter-governmental Conference on BBNJ |
Electronic Meeting |
14 - 15 March | Technical Stakeholder Workshop on New CCRIF Models | Barbados |
20-21 March | 17th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum | St. Kitts and Nevis |
25 - 26 March |
1st Preparatory Meeting for the Establishment of an RFMO in the WECAFC area |
Barbados |
28 - 29 March | 2-day Annual Project Steering Committee Meeting | Barbados |
8 - 12 April (week) | Advisory Body of the UNDP / GEF CLME+ Project | Cartagena, Colombia |
9 - 11 April | Regional Workshop on Fisheries Subsidies for Government Officials from Caribbean WTO Members and Observers | Jamaica |
11 - 12 April | PEW - IISD Follow-up Fisheries Subsidies Meeting | Jamaica |
15 - 16 April | Fourth Meeting of the Project Executive Group (PEG) for the UNDP / GEF CLME+ Project | Miami |
15 - 18 April | IAEA Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Application | Vienna |
16 April |
National Validation Workshop for the 6th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
16 - 17 April |
3rd Annual Regional Meeting of the CC4FISH Project Steering Committee |
Barbados |
30 April - 2 May | Third Meeting of the WECAFC / IFREMER Working Group on Fisheries using Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) | Isla Verde, United States |
1 - 2 May | PPCR Project Steering Committee Meeting | Dominica |
2 - 3 May | Informal Consultations of States Parties to the UN Fish Stocks Agreement- “Performance reviews of regional fisheries management organisations and arrangements” | UN Headquarters, New York |
13 - 14 May | 5th Meeting of Global Record Working Group (GRWG5) | Seoul, Korea |
15 - 17 May | 2nd Meeting of the PSMA Technical Working Group on Information Exchange (TWG-IE2) | Seoul, Korea |
22 - 24 May | Regional Workshop on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 2.a.1 - Agriculture Orientation Index for Government Expenditures | Guyana |
3 - 6 June | 2nd Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures Agreement to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU Fisheries | |
7 June | 3rd Meeting of the Part 6 Working Group | |
June (tentative) | 13th Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council | St. Kitts and Nevis |
July | Meeting of CARICOM Secretary general and Heads of CARICOM Institutions | Guyana |
15-18 July | WECAFC 17th Commission Meeting | Miami |
23-24 July | 10th CARICOM - United Nations General Meeting | Guyana |
5-8 August (Tentative) | 2nd CLME+ PPCM Meeting | |
September (Tentative) | Norway - UNU / FTP Data collection planning workshop | Iceland |
October (Tentative) | 2nd CRFM - OSPESCA | |
23 - 25 October | 4th Meeting of the Joint FAO / IMO Ad Hoc Working Group on IUU fishing and related matters | |
PPCR Project Steering Committee Meeting |
CRFM Fisheries Data and Information Access Point (CLICK HERE)
The overall purpose of this database is to enable access to documents (Word, PDF, etc.) and datasets (MS Access, dBase, Excel, and other Spreadsheets etc.); serving both as a data repository and bibliographic database. This database is managed by the CKAN platform and only supports data storage and search (CKAN is not a reporting system); notwithstanding that, it has a small module for data visualization
In this database, an “Organization” is a group of users (e.g., national fisheries departments and organisations, which upload data and information), with different permissions to interact with the platform; while “Group” refers to a collection of datasets that are related (such as species-specific data, national overview data, bibliographic documents on a particular topic/species).
The Data repository attributes of the Database allow users to upload datasets and documents. This means that the different systems used by the Member States (i.e. Excel spreadsheet, or Access databases) can be found through queries and examined and relevant data can be downloaded, including subsets of the datasets. This system also allows older data formats (FoxPro, lotus, dBase etc.) to be uploaded and used as well.
People can inspect and examine the datasets, make standard analyses (according to the tools and attributes software associated with the dataset) from within the database. Alternatively, the datasets can be downloaded, and more extensive analyses can be made by combining or integrating the downloaded datasets.
Datasets within the database, and documents stored in the database can also be accessed through online searches (google, yahoo, etc.) depending if the document or database is made “public” by the owner.