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The Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, together with the Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, and the Head of Program Planning and Management Division of the SEAFDEC Training Department (TD), Mr. Isara Chanrachkij, paid a courtesy call to the SEAFDEC Council Director for Cambodia …

The SEAFDEC Program and Policy Coordinator, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, made a presentation during Session 4 (Fisheries) – Sustainable Support to Fisheries of the “OECD-ASEAN Workshop on Food Security: Sharing Evidence and Policy Experiences,” a virtual event jointly organized on 2 February 2023 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development …

SEAFDEC welcomed the Civil Affairs Team Leader of the U.S. Embassy Bangkok, Mr. Andrew Shin, lead for ecosystems management for USAID in Asia, Mr. Brad Arsenault, and representative from USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA), Ms. Araya Poomsaringkarn, on 8 February 2023 at the SEAFDEC Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand. SEAFDEC presented the …

SEAFDEC together with the PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) Public Company Limited, Department of Fisheries (DOF) of Thailand, Faculty of Fisheries of Kasetsart University, and Prince of Songkla University signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on 19 December 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand for the implementation of the project on the rehabilitation of fisheries habitats in the oil rig platform in the Gulf of Thailand. …

The Forty-fifth Meeting of the SEAFDEC Program Committee (45PCM) was held on 5–7 December 2022 in Iloilo City, Philippines to review the project implemented by SEAFDEC in 2022 and endorse the projects and activities for 2023. Hosted by the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) in cooperation with the SEAFDEC Secretariat, the …

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 …

SEAFDEC convened the side event “Resource Utilization of Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species (CEAS) in Southeast Asia: Regional Cooperation to Support National Actions” on 18 November 2022 during the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora …

SEAFDEC Information Program Coordinator, Ms. Nualanong Tongdee, together with Senior Information Officer, Ms. Saivason Klinsukhon, and two officers from the Training Department attended the “Workshop on Fisheries Data Collection and Statistics: Global” which was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 9 November 2022 …

The Twenty-third Meeting of SEAFDEC Information Staff Program or ISP was organized on 18–20 October 2022 in Bali, Indonesia and hosted by the Inland Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (IFRDMD). The Meeting was attended by the SEAFDEC Deputy Secretary-General, the Chief and the Deputy Chief of IFRDMD, as well …

The Regional Capacity Building Network (RECAB) was initiated by SEAFDEC as a directive of the SEAFDEC Council during its 53rd Meeting in 2021. In 2022, the first RECAB activity was organized to commemorate the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA) 2022. The SEAFDEC Secretariat and Training Department (TD) …