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The Policy and Program Coordinator of SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana as well as former Chief of SEAFDEC Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department and former Regional Vice Chair IUCN Shark Specialist Group for Southeast Asia Region, Dr. Ahmad bin Ali, participated in a virtual workshop organized by the …

SEAFDEC in collaboration with the Fisheries Agency of Japan jointly convened the “Webinar on Japan’s Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS) Under Act on Ensuring the Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants” on 26 July 2022 through Zoom platform. The Webinar was attended by resource persons from the …

The USAID Sustainable Fish Asia-Local Capacity Development (SUFIA/LCD) Activity – Close Out Event was organized on 18 July 2022 at the SEAFDEC Training Department in Samut Prakan, Thailand in a hybrid manner. The Event was part of the SUFIA/LCD project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and …

The SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee, and Policy and Program Coordinator of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Dr. Worawit Wanchana, attended the “2022 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development” which was convened from …

The Information Program Coordinator, Ms. Nualanong Tongdee, and Senior Information Officer, Ms. Saivason Klinsukhon, of the SEAFDEC Secretariat attended the “Intersessional Meetings of Aquaculture and Fisheries Subject Groups” on 20–23 June 2022 and “27th Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (27CWP)” on 24 June 2022 through the online platform. Hosted …

At the kind invitation of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) of Indonesia, SEAFDEC Secretary-General, Ms. Malinee Smithrithee and senior officials of SEAFDEC Secretariat, attended a series of ASEAN meetings, namely: 12th ASEAN Shrimp Alliance (12th ASA), 14th Meeting of ASEAN Fisheries Consultative Forum (14th AFCF), and 30th Meeting of ASEAN …

Following up the development of the key indicators for monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the RES&POA-2030 in March 2022, SEAFDEC organized the RES&POA-2030: Regional Workshop on Finalization of the Key Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Implementation of the RES&POA-2030 on 14 June 2022 through a virtual …

SEAFDEC was invited to attend virtually the 18th Session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade of the Committee on Fisheries (18COFI:FT) which was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 7–9 and 20 June 2022. The 18COFI:FT was attended by over 180 participants including delegates …

On 1 June 2022, SEAFDEC welcomes Dr. Tomoko Nakazato as its new Deputy Secretary-General and Deputy Chief of the Training Department (TD), succeeding Mr. Koichi Honda who had served as the SEAFDEC Deputy Secretary-General and Deputy Chief of TD for two years from 1 September 2020 to 31 May 2022. …

At the kind invitation of the Government of Malaysia through its Department of Fisheries Malaysia as the host, the Fifty-fourth Meeting of the SEAFDEC Council was convened on 23 and 25 May 2022 through an online platform due to the situation brought by the COVID-19. In attendance at the Meeting …