The current effort to establish a Common Fisheries Policy and Regime at the CARICOM level was initiated at the Fourteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Trinidad and Tobago, 14-15 February 2003. At this Meeting, the Heads of Government agreed to:

• the elaboration of a proposal for the establishment of Common Fisheries Regime
• address the need to develop international standards for the export of fishery products.

Below mentioned are documents that inform the process towards the development of the Common Fisheries Policy and Regime.

• A Common Fisheries Regime for the Caribbean Sea
• Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries within CARICOM
• Discussion Paper on Implementing Mechanism for a Common Fisheries Policy and Regime
• RFMO Discussion Paper Revised - April 8, 2005
• Some Thoughts on Hammering out a Common Fisheries Policy
• Towards a Common Fisheries Policy and Regime
• Draft Socio Economic Study Report - September 29, 2006
• CFPR Revised Framework - Fourth Legal Working Group - October 12, 2006
• CFPR Bibliography - September 22, 2006
• Lessons from Canada