- University of South - Bay of Bengal Large - South Indian Ocean - Caribbean Tourism Pacific Marine Ecosystem Fisheries Agreement Organization - South Pacific Tourism Project (SIOFA) - Caribbean Natural Organization (SPTO) - IOC Sub-Commission - Southwest Indian Resources Institute - Pacific Ocean Alliance for the Western Pacific Ocean Fisheries (CANARI) - Framework for Pacific (WESTPAC) Commission (SWIOFC) - Eastern Tropical Oceanscape - Economic and Social - Fishery Committee for Pacific Marine (as a Commission for Asia the Eastern Central Biological Corridor collaborative policy and the Pacific (ESCAP) Atlantic (CECAF) (CMAR) instrument) - Economic and Social - Inter-American - The Central American Commission for Western Tropical Tuna Fisheries and Asia (ESCWA) Commission (IATTC) Aquaculture - Coral Triangle - Agulhas and Somali Organization Initiative (CTI) Current Large Marine (OSPESCA) - Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecosystem Project Ecoregion (ASCLME) - Canary Current LME Project - Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation among African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean (COMHAFAT) - Benguela Current Commission - Guinea Current LME Project - New Partnership for Development Africa’s (NEPAD) - Economic Commission for Africa Western Indian Ocean - Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) - Africa Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050 (as a collaborative policy instrument) Given the number of regional organizations and initiatives, coordination, collaboration and the exchange of data and information remain an issue in most regions. However, good examples of coordination mechanisms also exist on the regional level. For example, the Pacific Islands Forum provides a source of coordination and collaboration within the Pacific region. Collaboration between fisheries and environmental bodies has also been undertaken through specific projects. For example, the FAO/UNEP project in the African region on Securing the Foundations for Fish Food Security in a Changing Ocean is a collaboration with Regional Fisheries Bodies and Regional Seas Programmes to the multiple threats to the sustainability of fisheries and ensure their “address ecological foundations and services to enhance the contribution of fish to food security and poverty alleviation.”
- University of South Pacific - South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO) - Pacific Ocean Alliance - Framework for Pacific Oceanscape (as a collaborative policy instrument) - Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project - IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) - Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) - Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) - Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion - South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) - Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) - Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) - Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project (ASCLME) - Canary Current LME Project - Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation among African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean (COMHAFAT) - Benguela Current Commission - Guinea Current LME Project - New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) - Economic Commission for Africa - Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) - Africa Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050 (as a collaborative policy instrument) - Caribbean Tourism Organization - Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) - Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Biological Corridor (CMAR) - The Central American Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization (OSPESCA) Given the number of regional organizations and initiatives, coordination, collaboration and the exchange of data and information remain an issue in most regions. However, good examples of coordination mechanisms also exist on the regional level. For example, the Pacific Islands Forum provides a source of coordination and collaboration within the Pacific region. Collaboration between fisheries and environmental bodies has also been undertaken through specific projects. For example, the FAO/UNEP project in the African region on Securing the Foundations for Fish Food Security in a Changing Ocean is a collaboration with Regional Fisheries Bodies and Regional Seas Programmes to “address the multiple threats to the sustainability of fisheries and ensure their ecological foundations and services to enhance the contribution of fish to food security and poverty alleviation.”