SEAFDEC Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
8–12 June 2026, Bangkok, Thailand. Please find meeting documents below.
| Files | Document Name | Uploaded | Updated |
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| INFORMATION PAPERS | |||
| INF01 | Information Notes for Participants | 28 May | |
| INF02 | List of Participants | ||
| WORKING PAPERS | |||
| WP01 | Provisional Prospectus and Agenda | 28 May |  |
| REFERENCE PAPERS |
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| Key Challenges and Practical Solutions for Multispecies/Multigear (MSMG) Fishery Management in Asia (Draft) | |||
| Management Measures for the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) (Draft) | |||
| Glossary (Draft) | |||
| Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) Interviews | |||
| AGENDA |
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| Day 1 |
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| Opening of the Workshop | |||
| Introduction, Workshop Objectives, and Agenda | |||
| Session 1: Key challenges in assessing and managing MSMG fisheries in the Asia-Pacific | |||
| Overview of MSMG fisheries and key challenges in Asia-Pacific (Resource Persons’ perspective) | Mr. Duncan Leadbitter | ||
Sub-regional working groups to prepare a brief PowerPoint on “Similarities and differences among countries on”:
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Presentations on the current status of MSMG assessments and management and challenges
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| Session 2: Some practical solutions – objectives, trade-offs, and monitoring performance | |||
| Building on best practice single species management – MSMG management framework | Dr. Derek Staples | ||
| Setting objectives, indicators, and reference points | Dr. Derek Staples | ||
| Some commonly used indicators, targets, and limits | Dr. Rishi Sharma | ||
| Q&A | |||
| Introduction to MSE | Dr. Ricardo Amoroso | ||
| MSE preparation | |||
| DAY 2 | |||
Hands-on application by participants
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| DAY 3 | |||
| Country reports on results of the MSE | |||
| Country Working Groups to develop objectives, indicators, and reference points for their selected fishery | |||
| Country Reports | |||
| Session 3: From data poor to data rich | |||
| Alternative empirical approaches and model that could be used in the MSE, including approaches where there is little reliable fisheries data | Dr. Rishi Sharma | ||
| Role play – developing a harvest strategy when there is little reliable data | |||
| DAY 4 | |||
| Session 4: Some practical solutions – Management measures, enforcement and compliance | |||
| Other potential management measures | Dr. Derek Staples | ||
| Compliance and enforcement tools | Mr. Duncan Leadbitter | ||
| Discussion on moving from open access to limited access | |||
| Session 5: Developing formal Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) and Harvest Strategies (HS) | |||
| Why a formal FMP/harvest strategy? | Mr. Duncan Leadbitter | ||
| Some FMP and HS templates | Mr. Duncan Leadbitter | ||
| Country Working Groups develop FMP and HS outlines | |||
| Country Reports | |||
| Session 6: Closing the loop – adaptive management | |||
| Importance of regular reviews and reports as the basis for adapting management | Dr. Derek Staples | ||
| DAY 5 | |||
| Session 7: The way forward | |||
| Countries-only session: what is needed to support them in the assessment and management of MSMG, including data-poor, capacity-limited fisheries | |||
| Collate country needs | |||
| Opportunities for future work (BOBLME, GotFish, SCS, etc) | |||
| Discussion on reporting for SDG 14.4 | |||
| Wrap-up and closing the workshop | Dr. Rishi Sharma | ||
