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The Mission from SEAFDEC, led by the Secretary-General Dr. Suttinee Limthammahisorn, together with the Policy and Program Coordinator, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, and Information Program Coordinator, Ms. Nualanong Tongdee, paid a courtesy visit to the SEAFDEC Council Director for Singapore on 25 April 2024. SEAFDEC visited the Aquaculture and Marine Aquaculture …

Mr. Tan Yit Wee was appointed by the Singapore Food Agency, Government of Singapore to serve as the new Chief of SEAFDEC/MFRD starting 1 April 2024, succeeding Mr. Ong Yihang. Mr Tan Yit Wee obtained his M.Sc. (Aquaculture) from the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland in 2003. He …

At the kind invitation of the Government of the Philippines through its Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources as the host, the Fifty-sixth Meeting of the SEAFDEC Council (56CM) was convened on 6–9 May 2024 in Tagaytay City, Philippines. In attendance at the Meeting were the Council …

SEAFDEC paid a courtesy visit to the Department of Fisheries (DOF) of Viet Nam on 19–20 April 2024. The SEAFDEC delegation was led by the Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Dr. Suttinee Limthammahisorn, alongside Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, Training and Supporting Division Head of SEAFDEC …

SEAFDEC officials led by the Secretary-General, Dr. Suttinee Limthammahisorn, together with the Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana; Project Planning and Management Division Head of Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD), Mr. Isara Chanrachkij; Chief of Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD), Mr. Dan Baliao; and AQD senior staff paid a …

The SEAFDEC Secretary-General and Chief of Training Department (TD), Dr. Suttinee Limthammahisorn, led a courtesy visit to Malaysia from 28 February to 1 March 2024. The SEAFDEC delegation also included the SEAFDEC Secretariat Policy and Program Coordinator, Dr. Worawit Wanchana; Head of the SEAFDEC/TD Planning and Project Management Division, Mr. Isara Chanrachkij; and …

SEAFDEC Secretariat organized the Inter-Departmental Information Workshop from 5 to 7 March 2024 at SEAFDEC Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand. The Workshop was attended by the SEAFDEC Deputy Secretary-General and information-related officers from the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Training Department (TD), Aquaculture Department (AQD), Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (MFRDMD), and …

The “USAID Southeast Asia Fisheries Partnership: Activity Detailed Planning Workshop” was convened by the SEAFDEC Secretariat on 13–15 February 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The aims of the Workshop were to: 1) discuss the detailed activities of the USAID Southeast Asia Fisheries Partnership project among SEAFDEC Departments; 2) identify associated risks …

As a significant step towards bolstering sustainable fisheries development and management in the Southeast Asian region, SEAFDEC, led by the Secretary-General, Dr. Suttinee Limthammahisorn, along with the Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, Head of Planning and Project Management Division of SEAFDEC Training Departments (TD), …

The Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Dr. Suttinee Limthammahisorn, and the Program and Policy Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, joined the “Workshop on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures in Areas under the Competence of Regional Fisheries Bodies” organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) …