On 2 October 2023, SEAFDEC welcomed Dr. Suttinee Limthammahisorn as its new Secretary-General and Chief of the Training Department, succeeding Ms. Malinee Smithrithee whose term ended on 15 September 2023. Prior to her appointment at SEAFDEC, Dr. Suttinee was the Director of the Coastal Aquaculture Research and Development Division of …

The former SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, extended a warm welcome to the Deputy Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development/Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA), Ms. Linda McElroy, along with other USAID/RDMA officers on 19 September 2023 at the SEAFDEC Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand. In her …

The SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, Policy and Program Coordinator, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, and Senior Policy Officer, Ms. Pattaratjit Kaewnuratchadasorn, attended the 19th Session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade (19COFI:FT), which was organized on 11–15 September 2023 in Bergen, Norway at the kind invitation of the Norwegian Government. The …

The Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, participated in the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Regional Capacity Building Workshop for East, South and South-East Asia on 5–8 September 2023 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Organized by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat, the Workshop convened …

The SEAFDEC Secretariat organized the “Third Regional Technical Consultation on Fishery Statistics and Information in Southeast Asia” on 22–24 August 2023 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Consultation was attended by representatives from all ASEAN Member States (AMSs), representative from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and …

The SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, and the SEAFDEC Secretariat Policy and Program Coordinator, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, participated in the 7th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW) from 30 July to 4 August 2023 in Halifax, Canada. Organized by the International Monitoring Control and Surveillance (IMCS) Network, the Training Workshop …

The SEAFDEC Secretariat organized the Webinar on Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture by on 8 August 2023 through the Zoom platform. The resource persons of the Webinar include representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) genetic expert from the Philippines. Meanwhile, the Webinar …

17-19 October 2023, Malaysia Please find meeting documents below. File Document Name Updated Post Meeting Documents Report of the Meeting 26 Oct Annexes 26 Oct Presentations 26 Oct Photos 26 Oct Information Papers INF01 Prospectus 3 Oct INF02 Information Note 8 Aug INF03 List of Documents 8 Aug INF04 List …

The representatives from SEAFDEC participated in a series of ASEAN meetings related to fisheries, namely: 13th ASEAN Shrimp Alliance (13th ASA), 15th Meeting of ASEAN Fisheries Consultative Forum (15th AFCF), and 31st Meeting of ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Fisheries (31st ASWGFi), which were convened virtually on 24, 25, and 26–27 …

With the theme “Fifty years of championing science-based aquaculture technologies” of the 50th Anniversary of SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD), the weeklong celebration culminated with the Anniversary Program on 7 July 2023 in Iloilo, Philippines. The Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, was one of the key speakers at the event. …