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SEAFDEC, led by the Secretary-General Dr. Kom Silapajarn, participated in the 27th Meeting of the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Fisheries (ASWGFi) held on 27-28 June 2019 in Da Nang, Viet Nam. The Meeting was attended by representatives from the ASEAN Member States, officials of the ASEAN Secretariat, and observers …

SEAFDEC took part in the 11th Meeting of the ASEAN Fisheries Consultative Forum (AFCF) which was hosted by the Directorate of Fisheries of Viet Nam on 25-26 June 2019 in Da Nang, Viet Nam. The Meeting was attended by country delegates of the ten ASEAN Member States (AMSs) and representatives …

Hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the 11th Meeting of Fisheries and Resources Monitoring Systems (FIRMS) was convened on 13-14 May 2019 in Rome, Italy. Two representatives from SEAFDEC , Ms. Saivason Klinsukhon from the Secretariat, and Mr. Isara Chanrachkij from the Training Department, …

SEAFDEC organized the Regional Meeting on Way Forward of the Resolution and Plan of Action for the ASEAN Region Towards 2020 from 1 to 2 May 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Meeting was attended by the SEAFDEC National Coordinators and National Focal Points for the Revision of the RPOA&POA for: …

SEAFDEC organized the back-to-back Workshops on “Statistics of Tropical Anguillid Eels in Southeast Asia” and “Aquaculture of Tropical Anguillid Eels in Southeast Asia” in Manila, Philippines on 23 April and 24-25 April 2019, respectively. The workshops were part in the work plan of the project “Enhancing Sustainable Utilization and Management …

At the kind invitation of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, the Fifty-first Meeting of the SEAFDEC Council was convened in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, from 18 to 22 March 2019, hosted by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) of Indonesia. In attendance at the Meeting were …

In advance celebration of the International Women’s Day (celebrated on 8 March every year), SEAFDEC organized the Special Seminar on “Gender in Fisheries” on 7 March 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand featuring three speakers from the international, regional, and national fisheries organizations. The first speaker was Dr. Clara Mi Young Park, …

SEAFDEC organized the Regional Consultation for Development of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Common Position on the Proposed Listing of Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species into the CITES Appendices on 30-31 January 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. Attended by representatives from the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries namely: Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and …

The Signing Ceremony of the Arrangement for Scientific and Educational Cooperation between Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA) and SEAFDEC was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 22 January 2019. Signed by the President of FRA Mr. Masanori Miyahara, and SEAFDEC Secretary-General Dr. Kom Silapajarn, this Arrangement covers the period …

Two SEAFDEC staff participated in “The 11th Regional Plan of Action to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Region (RPOA-IUU) Coordination Committee Meeting” from 13 to 15 November 2018 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The Meeting was attended by nine (9) RPOA-IUU participating countries (namely: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, …