SEAFDEC Department Chiefs’ Meeting in-person convened in 2022

The SEAFDEC Departments Chiefs’ Meeting was convened in Iloilo City, Philippines on 10 December 2022. The SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, SEAFDEC Department Chiefs, and senior officials from the SEAFDEC Secretariat, TD, MFRD, AQD, MFRDMD, and IFRDMD attended the Meeting. During the Meeting, the recommendations provided during 54CM, 45PCM, and 25FCG/ASSP and progress of the follow-up actions made by the Departments were discussed. For the information-related matters, the Meeting took note of the results of the 23^rd Meeting of SEAFDEC Information Staff Program, especially on the issues that need to be considered by the concerned Departments such as theme of SEAFDEC Calendar 2024, development of SEAFDEC e-News, new mechanism of the Special Publication Fish for the People.  After the discussions on administrative and financial matters, the Meeting also discussed the preparation of the 55^th Meeting of SEAFDEC Council in 2023.