With support from the Japanese Trust Fund and using its fishery research and training vessel, the M.V. SEAFDEC 2, SEAFDEC carried out a “Collaborative Research Survey on Marine Resources and Marine Environment in the Gulf of Thailand,” from 17 August to 7 November 2018. This survey is being undertaken by …

In his Special Message delivered during the Anniversary Program and Dinner on 13 July 2018, SEAFDEC Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Akito Sato congratulated AQD on its 45th Anniversary and expressed his commendations for tapping a representative from the private sector to give the Keynote Speech considering that SEAFDEC is now enhancing …

The week-long celebration of the Forty-fifth Anniversary of AQD on 6-13 July 2018 was capped by the unveiling of two markers dedicated to the two important personalities that made AQD as it is today, not only in terms of research and development but also infrastructure and facilities development. Two of …

Former Secretary-General of SEAFDEC Dr. Siri Ekmaharaj was tapped by AQD to serve as Resource Person during the 26th Dean Domiciano K. Villaluz Memorial Lecture on 12 July 2018, commemorating the celebration of the 45th Anniversary of AQD. This year’s lecture of Dr. Siri on “Aquaculture of Black Tiger Shrimp …

SEAFDEC organized the Regional Technical Consultation (RTC) on International Fisheries-related Issues on 20-22 June 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand to come up with the regional approaches in addressing the major gaps in the international fisheries-related issues that tend to impede the sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture in the Southeast Asian …

by Mr. Nguyen Tuan Uyen 2017 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Viet Nam INTRODUCTION  Viet Nam is located in the west bank of the South China Sea (Figure 1) with an area of more than 331,000 km2 with population of around 92.7 million in 2016. The country’s internal …

by Mr. Thana Yenpoeng 2017 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Thailand INTRODUCTION Thailand is located in Southeast Asia bordering the Andaman Sea in the west and the Gulf of Thailand in the east (Figure 1). The country is divided into 76 provinces with about 514,000-km² total land area, …

by Mr. Napoleon Salvador J. Lamarca 2017 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for the Philippines INTRODUCTION The Philippines is an archipelago that consists of 7,641 islands with a total land area of 301,000 km2. The total area of marine waters including EEZ is 2,200,000 km2 and the total length …

by Ms. Myat Khine Mar 2017 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Myanmar INTRODUCTION Myanmar is geographically located in Southeast Asia between latitudes 09º32’N and 28º31’N and longitudes 92º10’E and 101º11’E with a total area of 677,000 km2 (Figure 1). It stretches 936 km from east to west and …

by Mr. Ahmad Faizal Bin Mohamed Omar 2017 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Malaysia INTRODUCTION Malaysia covers a total area of 329,847 km² with a population of 31.6 million people in 2016. The country consists of two geographical regions divided by the South China Sea, the Peninsular Malaysia …