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Country Fisheries Trade: Myanmar

By Kay Khine Tint, 2019 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Myanmar INTRODUCTION The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has a total land area of 676,580 km2 and it is bordered by Bangladesh and India in the Northwest, China in the Northeast, Lao PDR in the East, and Thailand in …

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Country Fisheries Trade: Lao PDR

By Mr. Khambor Souliphone, 2019 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Lao PDR INTRODUCTION Lao PDR is a mountainous land-locked country in the heart of Southeast Asia with an area of 236,800 km2. The country is bordered by five countries, namely: China and Myanmar in the North, Cambodia in the …

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Country Fisheries Trade: Indonesia

By Mr. Agus Sapari, 2019 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Indonesia INTRODUCTION Off the coast of mainland Southeast Asia, Indonesia is located in between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean (Figure 1). The country’s land area is 1.91 million km2 and length of coastline is 108,000 km with 17,504 islands. …

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Country Fisheries Trade: Cambodia

By Mr. Ngin Kamsan, 2019 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Cambodia INTRODUCTION The Kingdom of Cambodia covers a total land area of 181,035 km2 and shares its international borders with Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam (Figure 1). The capital city is Phnom Penh which is the center …

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Fishery Statistics Summary 2017

OVERVIEW OF THE FISHERIES SECTOR OF SOUTHEAST ASIA IN 2017 Fish and fishery products are becoming more increasingly important as primary sources of protein for many peoples in the world, most especially for those in the Southeast Asian region. During the past decade, the region’s production from capture fisheries and …

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SEAFDEC improves access to its publications

During the Inter-Departmental Information Workshop organized by the SEAFDEC Secretariat on 4-7 February 2020 at the SEAFDEC Training Department in Samut Prakan, Thailand, the issues and concerns regarding the SEAFDEC Repository were addressed in order that the publications of SEAFDEC could be made easily accessible to the stakeholders. Attended by …

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