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TD Organizes Training Course on Set-Net Fishing

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The Regional Training Course on Set-Net Fishing Technology for Sustainable Coastal Fisheries Management was organized by SEAFDEC/TD from 8 to 22 April 2008 to disseminate the set-net fishing technology to the ASEAN region. Eleven (11) participants from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippine, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the training course, which focused on the transfer of the set-net fishing technology as a tool for sustainable coastal fisheries management. One week of lecture and practical sessions at TD in Samut Prakan Province, guided the participants on the concept and main activities of a Set-Net Project, including set net fishing technology. Another one week was devoted to field observation and handson practice of the Set-Net operation at Rayong Province, including observation of the green mussel and fish cage culture at the Sriracha coastal mariculture area in Chonburi Province. A “Choko-ami” type of Japanese shallow water net, the Set-Net was introduced in the training course from its construction until the actual installation. The knowledge and experiences gained by the participants through this training would certainly enable them to develop and apply the set net fishing gear in a cooperative fisheries management system in coastal small-scale fisheries in their respective countries.

Sub-Regional Meeting to Combat IUU Fishing in the Gulf of Thailand

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From 28-29 March 2008, SEAFDEC organized the “the Sub-Regional Meeting on the Gulf of Thailand in following up the RPOA-IUU MCS in Bali” in Bangkok, Thailand. The Meeting was attended by representatives from four countries bordering the Gulf of Thailand, namely, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The meeting aimed to discuss the MCS and other relevant matters, in order to develop recommendations for future collaboration with particular emphasis in combating IUU fishing in the Gulf of Thailand.

The RPOA or the Regional Plan of Action (RPOA-IUU) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Region was endorsed by Ministers responsible for fisheries from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam during the Ministerial Meeting in Bali in 2007. Following-up on the Ministerial meeting, SEAFDEC has participated in a series of meetings to discuss the implementation of the RPOA: on 13 August 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; from 13-15 November 2007 in Bangkok Thailand; as well as the discussion on the strengthening of Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) system to combat IUU fishing held on 3-5 March 2008 in Bali, Indonesia.

Thailand Starts Development of STF Report

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The importance of knowledge of the status and trends of capture fisheries and fishery resources, including socioeconomic aspects as a key to sound policy-making and responsible fisheries management is widely recognized; and application of the precautionary approach, based on the best scientific evidence available, is a key element for efforts to achieve responsible fisheries. In 2003 and 2007, FAO adopted the “Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Fisheries” and the “Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Aquaculture” with the overall objectives of providing frameworks for the improvement of knowledge and understanding of the status and trends of fishery and aquaculture as a basis for relevant policy making and management for the conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources within ecosystems.
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ASEAN-SEAFDEC Regional Expert Meeting on Sea Cucumber Fisheries

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Following up the regional initiatives on the desk study on sea cucumber fisheries, utilization, and trade in Southeast Asia launched in July 2007, the National Focal Points and members of an Ad-hoc Regional Experts Group on Sea Cucumber Fisheries of the ASEANSEAFDEC Member Countries except Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Singapore; resource persons from Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam as well as SEAFDEC staff attended the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Regional Expert Meeting on Sea Cucumber Fisheries held from 18 to 20 March 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event was convened as an activity under the program on Environmental Related Tasks in Southeast Asia with the support of Japanese Trust Fund.

The objectives of the Meeting were: to discuss the findings of the desk study on status of sea cucumber fisheries, utilization and trade in the Southeast Asian countries; to identify the need for and actions to be taken to manage the utilization of sea cucumber resources in the region; and to develop policy recommendations on sustainable utilization of sea cucumber resources including a joint approach of Member Countries to sea cucumber issues at relevant international fora. Additionally, the Meeting also learnt the experiences and national initiatives on sea cucumber conservation and management in the Philippines; status of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) culture in Vietnam; taxonomic study of shallow-water Holothurians from the Andaman sea coast of Thailand; and sea cucumber fisheries in Japan.