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On behalf of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), please allow us to express our utmost regrets on the demise of Mr. Ing Try on 19 May 2023 due to his illness. Mr. Ing Try had worked with SEAFDEC as the SEAFDEC National Coordinator for Cambodia since the early 2000s and was appointed as the SEAFDEC Council Director for …

 The Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, along with the Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, and the Head of the Program Planning and Management Division of the Training Department, Mr. Isara Chanrachkij, paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries (DLF) of Lao PDR and SEAFDEC Council Director for Lao PDR, Mr. …

At the kind invitation of the Government of Myanmar through its Department of Fisheries as the host, the Fifty-fifth Meeting of the SEAFDEC Council (55CM) was convened on 9 and 11 May 2023 through the online platform. In attendance at the Meeting were the Council Directors and delegates from the SEAFDEC Member Countries, namely: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao …

Staff from the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Training Department (TD), and Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (MFRDMD) participated in the Regional Workshop on Implementation of the CITES for Seahorses in Asia organized in Cebu, Philippines from 14 to 17 March 2023. The Workshop was co-organized by Project Seahorse, IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group, and Zoological Society of …

SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, and the Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, attended the 10th Ocean Summit in Lisbon, Portugal from 27 February to 1 March 2023. Organized by The Economist, the Summit served as the venue for industry experts, investment specialists, and conservation organizations to provide impartial insights on how to simultaneously benefit …

On 14 February 2023, the Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, Policy and Program Coordinator, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, and Project Planning and Management Division Head of SEAFDEC Training Department, Mr. Isara Chanrachkij, paid a courtesy call to the Head of Marine and Fisheries Research and Human Resources Development Agency of Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), Indonesia and SEAFDEC …

The Deputy Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Dr. Tomoko Nakasato, together with SEAFDEC officials joined the IYAFA 2022 Closing Ceremony for Asia on 28 February 2023 via a hybrid format. Themed “Towards a new era of support for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture,” the Ceremony was organized by the Department of Fisheries, Thailand in collaboration with Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Global Foundation, …

The Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, together with the Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, and the Head of Program Planning and Management Division of the SEAFDEC Training Department (TD), Mr. Isara Chanrachkij, paid a courtesy call to the SEAFDEC Council Director for Cambodia and Deputy-Director General of Fisheries Administration (FiA) of Cambodia, Mr. …

The SEAFDEC Program and Policy Coordinator, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, made a presentation during Session 4 (Fisheries) – Sustainable Support to Fisheries of the “OECD-ASEAN Workshop on Food Security: Sharing Evidence and Policy Experiences,” a virtual event jointly organized on 2 February 2023 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In …

SEAFDEC welcomed the Civil Affairs Team Leader of the U.S. Embassy Bangkok, Mr. Andrew Shin, lead for ecosystems management for USAID in Asia, Mr. Brad Arsenault, and representative from USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA), Ms. Araya Poomsaringkarn, on 8 February 2023 at the SEAFDEC Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand. SEAFDEC presented the achievements of the previous collaboration between SEAFDEC and the U.S. …