SEAFDEC Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

On 23 December 2025, the SEAFDEC Secretariat and the Training Department (TD), led by Secretary-General Ms. Sampan Panjarat and Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Koichi Tahara, paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the Department of Fisheries (DOF) of Thailand and SEAFDEC Council Director for Thailand, Ms. Thitiporn Laoprasert. The SEAFDEC …

Mr. Mahesh Pradhan, Coordinator of the Coordination Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) Regional Seas Branch, Ecosystems Division, visited the SEAFDEC Secretariat on 23 December 2025. During discussions with the SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, and senior officials of the Secretariat and the Training Department (TD), Mr. Pradhan provided …

Representatives from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) participated in the 2025 SEA of Solutions Forum in Bangkok from 16 to 17 December 2025. The forum was jointly organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asian (UNEP-COBSEA), which aims …

SEAFDEC successfully concluded the one-year 2025 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) program, hosting eight fisheries officers from ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries. Established in 2007, the RFPN is a program aimed at strengthening regional cooperation and supporting the development of regional fisheries policies. Based at the SEAFDEC Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand, the …

The Marine Fisheries Research Department (MFRD) successfully concluded a four-day “Train-the-Trainer” workshop on Fishery Products Hygiene and Cold Chain Management from 6–9 October 2025. This workshop was conducted under the ASEAN-JICA Food Value Chain (AJFVC) initiative, specifically supporting capacity-building activities for Regional Hygiene Management Systems and ASEAN Regional Guidelines on …

SEAFDEC welcomed the Visiting Senior Researcher from the Aquatic Resources Research Institute (ARRI), Chulalongkorn University, Dr. Masahiko Honzawa.  On his visit to the SEAFDEC Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand on 19 December 2025, Dr. Honzawa introduced the concept of the ELTRES network system, which uses Sony’s proprietary wireless communication standard and features stable long-distance …

The Regional PMU team, Mr. Muhamad Nour, Project Manager of the Blue Horizon Seaweed Project and Mr. Joseph P. Faisan, undertook a joint mission to Manila from 18 to 20 November 2025 together with Rachel Kaplan from WWF US to meet with the Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic …

The SEAFDEC Secretariat hosted a Special Seminar “Bringing New Insights for Better Fisheries in the Region” on 8 December 2025 at the SEAFDEC Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand. The full-day event was attended by relevant staff from the SEAFDEC Secretariat and SEAFDEC Training Department, Faculty of Fisheries of Kasetsart University, and …

The SEAFDEC Secretariat, through the Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Blue Horizon: Ocean Relief through Seaweed Aquaculture Project, hosted the “First Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting” from 27 to 28 November 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. The PSC meeting served as a key policy guidance body to review the project …