Small-scale artisanal fishing organizations in the region have been key allies of the Fossil Free Wider Caribbean Network since its inception. This sector is one of the first to be affected, not only by the impacts of climate change, but also by the advance of the offshore oil and gas industry. 

To better understand the situation of these communities and deepen the alliance, in 2024 the Fossil Free Wider Caribbean Network, in collaboration with the Latin American Union of Artisanal Fisheries, organized a Meeting on Artisanal Fisheries and Fossil Fuels in the Gulf of Morrosquillo, an area of the Colombian Caribbean where fishing organizations have been fighting for more than 10 years against the impacts of gas, oil, and coal exploration, exploitation, and transportation. The meeting was attended by small-scale artisanal fishers from Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, Honduras, Brazil, Saint Lucia, Guyana, Ecuador, St. Kitts & Nevis, Costa Rica, Peru, El Salvador, and Panama.

The outcome of this meeting, the Declaration of Tolú, calls on governments, institutions, and civil society organizations to speak out and take decisive action against the impacts of the gas, oil, and coal industries, while always ensuring the human rights of fishing communities in the region.