The authors would like to warmly thank the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for stepping forward to pilot the Rapid Readiness Assessment (RRA) methodology; the Ministry of Planning and Development for assisting with information gathering and organisation of the workshops; the Institute of Marine Affairs for assisting with information gathering and organisation of the workshops; Rudo Udika for conducting the interviews as well as assisting with the surveys; Jonathan McCue, Sustainable Seas Ltd, for his welcome insights and review; Dr Jeff Ardron and Subaskar Sitsabeshan, Commonwealth Secretariat, for their helpful edits and comments; and Ole Vestergaard, UNEP, for his guidance.
This work was funded by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Government of Sweden through the UNEP Sustainable Blue Economy Initiative.
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