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This report represents Output 2 of Component 1.2 of the Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project (CROP) consultancy. It is a baseline assessment and gap analysis of national policies, and policy delivery capacity for national priorities for Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and StVincent and the Grenadines. It also assesses complianc...
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... objective of the project is to preserve and strengthen the resilience of coastal and marine resources and implement regional policies to stimulate blue growth. Figure 1 sets out the two components of the CROP, which aim to strengthen ocean governance and knowledge and capacity. ...
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... Country overview Figure 1 The exclusive economic zone of Dominica (www.marineregions.org) ...
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... of the population live in the narrow low-lying coastal zone, while most of the island is dominated by steep, rugged terrain. Dominica has jurisdiction over a marine area of 28,653km 2 , with the more exposed eastern side in the Atlantic with deep waters, and the more sheltered and shallower western area ( Figure 1). Dominica shares its EEZ boundaries with Martinique and Guadeloupe which are both French overseas territories. ...
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... is one of the poorest SIDS with a 2012 poverty assessment defines 42% of the population falling below the poverty line, and unemployment is high (~20-25%). Figure 1 shows the extent to the EEZ for SVG. Although the international boundary between Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines runs east to west across the Grenada Bank between Petite Martinique and Petite St. Vincent, linkages among all of the Grenadine Islands are historically strong and continue to be active in the areas of fishing, informal trading, tourism and social life, with little attention to the jurisdictional boundary. ...
