SEAFDEC Information Program Coordinator, Ms. Nualanong Tongdee, together with Senior Information Officer, Ms. Saivason Klinsukhon, and two officers from the Training Department attended the “Workshop on Fisheries Data Collection and Statistics: Global” which was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 9 November 2022 …
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SEAFDEC convenes its Twenty-third Meeting of Information Staff Program
The Twenty-third Meeting of SEAFDEC Information Staff Program or ISP was organized on 18–20 October 2022 in Bali, Indonesia and hosted by the Inland Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (IFRDMD). The Meeting was attended by the SEAFDEC Deputy Secretary-General, the Chief and the Deputy Chief of IFRDMD, as well …
Read More »SEAFDEC holds its first RECAB activity on Gender
The Regional Capacity Building Network (RECAB) was initiated by SEAFDEC as a directive of the SEAFDEC Council during its 53rd Meeting in 2021. In 2022, the first RECAB activity was organized to commemorate the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA) 2022. The SEAFDEC Secretariat and Training Department (TD) …
Read More »SEAFDEC Department Chiefs’ Meeting 2022
10 December 2022, Philippines Please find meeting documents below (click to download.) File Document Name Updated Report of the Meeting DCM2022 Report 21 Dec Information Papers INF01 List of Documents 28 Nov INF02 List of Participants 29 Nov Working Papers WP02.1 Provisional Agenda 24 Nov WP02.2 …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Viet Nam 2025
2025 Information Updated The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam is located on the eastern edge of the Indochinese Peninsula. It shares land borders with China to the north, Lao PDR and Cambodia to the west, and maritime borders with Indonesia. The South China Sea borders the country to the east …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Thailand 2025
2025 Information Updated The Kingdom of Thailand is located between latitudes 5° 37’ N and 20° 27’ N and longitudes 97° 22’ E and 105° 37’ E, encompassing a total area of 513,115 km2 (Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, 2022). The country is bordered by the …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Myanmar 2025
2025 Information Updated The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is located in the Southeast Asian region with a total land area of 676,580 km2, and bordered by India, China, Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand (Figure 1). Myanmar possesses a long coastline, a marine fishing area of 486,000 km2 within its …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Malaysia 2025
Information Updated 2025 As a coastal state surrounded by significant bodies of water, Malaysia exhibits the characteristics of a maritime nation where peace, economic stability, and security are priorities in its rise and development. As shown in Figure 1, Malaysia has two main parts known as Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Lao PDR 2025
2025 Information Updated Situated in the heart of Southeast Asia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), spans an area of 236,800 km²and is a landlocked country. It shares borders with five nations, namely: China and Myanmar to the north, Cambodia to the south, Viet Nam to the east, and Thailand …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Indonesia 2025
2025 Information Updated The Republic of Indonesia is located between Asia and Australia and bordered by the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The country comprises five main islands, namely: Sumatera, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua (Figure 1). The country has a total area of 5.18 million km², with 1,905 million km² …
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