The SEAFDEC Departments Chiefs’ Meeting was convened in Iloilo City, Philippines on 10 December 2022. The SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, SEAFDEC Department Chiefs, and senior officials from the SEAFDEC Secretariat, TD, MFRD, AQD, MFRDMD, and IFRDMD attended the Meeting. During the Meeting, the recommendations provided during 54CM, 45PCM, and 25FCG/ASSP …
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SEAFDEC convenes a side event during the CITES CoP19
SEAFDEC convened the side event “Resource Utilization of Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species (CEAS) in Southeast Asia: Regional Cooperation to Support National Actions” on 18 November 2022 during the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora …
Read More »SEAFDEC takes part in FAO Workshop on Fisheries Data Collection and Statistics
SEAFDEC Information Program Coordinator, Ms. Nualanong Tongdee, together with Senior Information Officer, Ms. Saivason Klinsukhon, and two officers from the Training Department attended the “Workshop on Fisheries Data Collection and Statistics: Global” which was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 9 November 2022 …
Read More »SEAFDEC convenes its Twenty-third Meeting of Information Staff Program
The Twenty-third Meeting of SEAFDEC Information Staff Program or ISP was organized on 18–20 October 2022 in Bali, Indonesia and hosted by the Inland Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (IFRDMD). The Meeting was attended by the SEAFDEC Deputy Secretary-General, the Chief and the Deputy Chief of IFRDMD, as well …
Read More »SEAFDEC holds its first RECAB activity on Gender
The Regional Capacity Building Network (RECAB) was initiated by SEAFDEC as a directive of the SEAFDEC Council during its 53rd Meeting in 2021. In 2022, the first RECAB activity was organized to commemorate the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA) 2022. The SEAFDEC Secretariat and Training Department (TD) …
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10 December 2022, Philippines Please find meeting documents below (click to download.) File Document Name Updated Report of the Meeting DCM2022 Report 21 Dec Information Papers INF01 List of Documents 28 Nov INF02 List of Participants 29 Nov Working Papers WP02.1 Provisional Agenda 24 Nov WP02.2 …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Viet Nam
Viet Nam is located on the west side of the South China Sea with an area of about 331,000 km2 and a coastline of about 11,409 km. The exclusive economic zone is around 237,800 km2 and there are more than 4,000 islands and islets scattered offshore. The country has about …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Singapore
Singapore is a city-state with a population of 5.70 million in 2019. The country has a total coastline length of 268 km and the total area of the exclusive economic zone is 744 km2. As a small country, Singapore has limited resources in terms of land, sea space, and workforce; …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Thailand
Thailand is bounded by the Gulf of Thailand in the east and the Andaman Sea in the west. The total land area of the country is about 514,000 km² with a total coastline of about 7,066 km and about 299,397 km2 of exclusive economic zone. There are 25 river basins …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Myanmar
Myanmar is the largest country in Southeast Asia with a total land area of 676,580 km2 and is bordered by Bangladesh and India in the northwest, China in the northeast, Lao PDR in the east, and Thailand in the southeast. Its exclusive economic zone is about 486,000 km2 and the …
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