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The PROCARIBE+ Project is supporting countries of the wider Caribbean region to reduce the negative consequences of unsustainable fishing gear and practices in the spiny lobster fishery. OSPESCA is leading the efforts to reduce impacts from unsustainable fishing gear and practices in Caribbean spiny lobster fisheries.

Across the Caribbean, national governments, regional organizations and local communities are coming together through a movement, supported by UNOPS, to heal marine ecosystems and build a sustainable future.

Recognizing the existing challenges in managing the Soufriere River in St. Lucia, the community is now committed to taking real action to change the cause of this important source of life for their people. This ‘ridge to reef’ project  is a perfect example of a ‘whole-of-ecosystem’ or integrated management approach that is needed to address the most pressing environmental problems of the regions.

Looking back at last week's global launch of the Ocean Coordination Mechanism for the wider Caribbean at UNOC3.

The MCO offers an ideal platform for regional attention to the massive sargassum upwelling phenomenon that particularly affects the coasts of the Mexican Caribbean and other nations in the region

The Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM) celebrated its global launch at UNOC3, on June 9th, 2025, at a side event hosted by the government of Grenada, during the event United In Action: Actioning Blue 30x30 Vision and Launching the Wider Caribbean Ocean Coordination Mechanism. 

The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew), a co-executing partner of the PROCARIBE+ Project hosted a workshop for representatives of regional governments, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector, featuring best practices and key lessons for integrating blue carbon coastal wetlands in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) from countries in the wider Caribbean region

This year, the region operationalized the Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM), a regionally owned, non-binding platform to align ocean governance across countries and institutions.

Listen to the opening address by Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General of the OECS — a strong message on the importance of ocean coordination for the Wider Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf.

Want to know how the oceans' natural capital is part of the foundation for achieving the social and economic SDGs? Stay tuned to this video as our regional coordinator, Patrick Debels, who recently attended the Global Accounts Partnership Meeting in Costa Rica, explains key concepts on how ocean accounting supports the preservation and restoration of valuable natural resources that provide ecosystem services for human benefit. 

We just concluded an intensive and highly collaborative meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, focused on advancing the PROCARIBE+ Project in Colombia.

PROCARIBE+ is thrilled to announce that PROCARIBE+ is partnering with the Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund) to develop a proposal to designate Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) in the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) region! 

Regional Organizations (IGOs) reaffirm their commitment to work collaboratively to protect and sustainably use the marine wealth of the Caribbean.

The PROCARIBE+ team is excited to launch its new project logo and brand identity! 

A new collaboration between the PROCARIBE+ Project and Trinidad and Tobago’s Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) has begun with the aim of improving coastal planning in support of the Blue Economy.

The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the CLME+ region’s Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM). 

The 15th Meeting of the “Interim Coordination Mechanism for the Sustainable Management, Use and Protection of shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems” (in short, the CLME+ ICM) was held 20-21 August 2024 in Miami, Florida, United States of America.