SEAFDEC Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

The SEAFDEC-Sweden Project organized the 2nd Sub-regional Meeting on Effective Fisheries Management between Cambodia and Thailand, which was held on 29-30 August 2018 in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia. The Meeting was attended by the representatives from relevant agencies in both countries including fisheries, environmental and coastal resources and habitats, as well as representatives from SEAFDEC/UNEP/GEF/Fisheries Refugia Project, IUCN/MFF, and SEAFDEC …

With support from the Japanese Trust Fund and using its fishery research and training vessel, the M.V. SEAFDEC 2, SEAFDEC carried out a “Collaborative Research Survey on Marine Resources and Marine Environment in the Gulf of Thailand,” from 17 August to 7 November 2018. This survey is being undertaken by the SEAFDEC Training Department (TD), in collaboration with the Fisheries …

To address the critical challenges for Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) in fisheries in Northern Andaman Sea, on 24-25 July 2018, the SEAFDEC-Sweden Project facilitated the discussion between Thailand and Myanmar on MCS sub-regional cooperation of Northern Andaman Sea in Bangkok, Thailand, aiming at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of fisheries-related MCS activities through enhanced cooperation, coordination, information collection and …

SEAFDEC Secretariat in collaboration with SEAFDEC/MFRDMD and SEAFDEC TD conducted the Practical Workshop on Stock Assessments of Indo-Pacific King Mackerel and Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel in the Southeast Asian Waters from 16 to 20 July 2018 with funding support from the Government of Sweden. The Practical Workshop was attended by 5 representatives from Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam as …

In his Special Message delivered during the Anniversary Program and Dinner on 13 July 2018, SEAFDEC Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Akito Sato congratulated AQD on its 45th Anniversary and expressed his commendations for tapping a representative from the private sector to give the Keynote Speech considering that SEAFDEC is now enhancing its relationship with the private sector as the engine for …