SEAFDEC Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok, Thailand has contracted Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management to be a Regional Gender Equality Support to the Embassy´s development cooperation partners for the implementation of Sweden’s development cooperation in Asia. The Gender Support Function was launched on 19 January 2017 with active participation of SEAFDEC’s gender focal points and …

At the kind invitation of Government of Brunei Darussalam, the 49th Meeting of the SEAFDEC Council was convened in Bandar Seri Begawan from 3 to 7 April 2017 and hosted by the Department of Fisheries of the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism of Brunei Darussalam.

Gender is a socio-culturally constructed definition of women and men. Unlike sex, which is the biological characteristics of women and men, gender is determined by the concept of tasks, functions, and roles attributed to women and men in the society, in public and personal life. SEAFDEC recognizes that gender issue is an important approach to make the staff achieve happiness …

Under the project on Facilitating Fisheries Activities Information Gathering through Community-based Resources Management/Co-management, SEAFDEC carried out new activities in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR starting with the conduct of baseline survey at the project site in Banmai Namprakan Village, Hinboun District on 19-22 December 2016.

The Department of Fisheries of Thailand hosted the Technical Consultation on Development of the ASEAN Common Fisheries Policy on 27-28 March 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. Officiated by Dr. Theerapat Prayoonsit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand,  the Consultation was attended by representatives from governmental agencies responsible for fisheries and the private sector of ASEAN Member …

The Department of Fisheries of Thailand hosted the Technical Consultation on Development of the ASEAN Common Fisheries Policy on 27-28 March 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. Officiated by Dr. Theerapat Prayoonsit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, the Consultation was attended by representatives from governmental agencies responsible for fisheries and the private sector of the ASEAN …

Under the project on Promotion of Sustainable Fisheries Resources Enhancement Measures in Critical Habitats/Fishing Grounds in Southeast Asia, SEAFDEC/TD with support from the Japanese Trust Fund started off an activity on enhancement of blue swimming crab stocks in Cambodia. Angkaul Community Fisheries (CFi) of Kep Province, smallest province of Cambodia was selected as the pilot site.