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The Forty-third Meeting of the Program Committee of SEAFDEC Program Committee (43PCM) was organized on 10-12 November 2020 through an online meeting platform, hosted by the SEAFDEC Secretariat in cooperation with the SEAFDEC Departments to review the implemented projects in 2020 and the programs to be undertaken in 2021. The …

Considering that the Resolution and Plan of Action on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security for the ASEAN Region Towards 2020 (RES&POA-2020) have specific timeframe in 2020, the SEAFDEC Council at its Fiftieth Meeting in 2018 suggested that this instrument should be reviewed to ensure that it is still up to …

The SEAFDEC Inter-Departmental Workshop to gather views on the conduct of the Study on Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Fisheries Sector of ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries was organized by the SEAFDEC Secretariat through the Google Meet on 7 October 2020. This was aimed at compiling the views from the SEAFDEC …

SEAFDEC participated in the ASEAN-FEN Webinar 2020 which was organized by the ASEAN Fisheries Education Network (ASEAN-FEN) on 10-11 October 2020. The Webinar served as platform for knowledge sharing on the novel and innovative findings related to fisheries and aquaculture, and featured 26 speakers from nine countries who presented the …

The Second Inter-Departmental Consultation on Preparation of SEASOFIA 2022 was organized by SEAFDEC Secretariat through the Google Meet on 1 October 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand to continue the work plan of preparation of SEASOFIA in finalizing the draft outline of SEASOFIA 2022. The Consultation was attended by the SEAFDEC Secretary-General, …

The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) arranged the Webinar on Fisheries Subsidies: Southeast Asian Region Perspective on 23-24 September 2020 with the support of the Japanese Trust Fund (JTF). This webinar gathers resource speakers from international organizations which include the representative from the World Trade Organization (WTO), FAO Headquarter, …

The Regional Workshop on Assessing the Needs of AMS in Implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication to Support Access to Markets was co-organized by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia, ASEAN Secretariat, FAO, and …

SEAFDEC plans to organize the webinar on Fisheries Subsidies: Southeast Asian Region Perspective to discuss among SEAFDEC Member Countries (MCs) on possibility to come up with a set of recommendations and the ASEAN common position on fishery subsidies. SEAFDEC also brings together the internationals organizations to present the brief introduction …

SEAFDEC welcomes Mr. Koichi Honda as the new Deputy Secretary-General and Deputy Chief of the Training Department (TD), succeeding Mr. Akito Sato who had served as the Deputy Secretary-General and Deputy Chief of TD for two years from 1 May 2018 to 31 August 2020. Prior to his designation in …

The Inter-Departmental Consultation on Preparation of SEASOFIA 2022 was organized by the SEAFDEC Secretariat on 6-7 August 2020 through the Google Meet, which was attended by the SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, senior officials and information-related officers from SEAFDEC Secretariat, as well as Special Departmental Coordinators (SDCs) and technical staff from …