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 …
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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 …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Cambodia 2025
2025 Information Updated The Kingdom of Cambodia has a total land area of 181,035 km2 and is bordered by Thailand in the northwest, Lao PDR in the northeast, Viet Nam in the east, and the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest (Figure 1). The capital is Phnom Penh and the …
Read More »The Twenty-fifth Meeting of SEAFDEC Fisheries Consultative Group of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership (FCG/ASSP)
Iloilo, Philippines, 8–9 December 2022. Please find meeting documents below (click to download.) File Document Name Updated Report 25 FCG/ASSP Report Information Papers INF01 Information Note for Participants 8 Nov INF02 List of Documents 5 Oct INF03 List of Participants Working Papers WP02 Provisional …
Read More »The Forty-fifth Meeting of the SEAFDEC Program Committee
Iloilo, Philippines, 5–7 December 2022. Please find Meeting documents below (click to download.) File Document Name Updated Report 45PCM Report Information Papers INF01 Information Note for Participants 31 Oct INF02 List of Documents 25 Nov INF03 List of Participants Working Papers WP01-1 Provisional Agenda …
Read More »Fisheries Country Profile: Philippines 2025
2025 Information Updated The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia consisting of 7,641 islands with a total land area of 301,000 km². The Philippines is situated at the western edge of the Pacific Ocean, between 4°N and 21°N latitude and 116°E and 127°E longitude. The …
Read More »SEAFDEC, FAO successfully co-host the second training course for advanced stock assessment
SEAFDEC Secretariat and FAO co-organized the 2nd Training Workshop on Stock Assessment in Support the Implementation of the International Commitments for Sustainable Use of Fisheries Resources in Southeast Asia from 29 August to 6 September 2022 onsite at SEAFDEC/Training Department in Samut Prakan, Thailand and online. The trainers were the …
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