SEAFDEC Projects

SEAFDEC Project under FCG/ASSP Mechanism in 2025 (click the project name for more information)

Ongoing Projects

Strategy I: Securing the Sustainability of Fisheries to Contribute to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Livelihood of People in the Region

  1. Implementation and Assessment of the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity (2024–2026)
  2. ASEAN-JICA Capacity Building Project on IUU Fishing Countermeasures in Southeast Asia (2024–2027)
  3. Regional Collaborative Research and Capacity Building for Monitoring and Reduction of Marine Debris from Fisheries in Southeast Asia (2024–2027)
  4. Development of Stock Assessment Method for Strengthening of Resources Management Measures of Tropical Anguillid Eels in AMS (2020–2026)
  5. Sustainable Management of Fisheries, Marine Living Resources and their Habitats in the Bay of Bengal Region for the Benefit of Coastal States and Communities (2024–2028)
  6. Promoting the Blue Economy and Strengthening Fisheries Governance of the Gulf of Thailand through the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (GoTFish Project) (2023–2027)
  7. Enhancement of Regional Cooperation and Human Resource Development to Eliminate IUU Fishing (2025–2029)
  8. Digital Transformation of Regional Fishery Statistics and Enhanced Utilization of Fishery Statistics and Information in Southeast Asia (2025–2029)
  9. Research and dissemination of sustainable fishing technology (2025–2029)
  10. Enhanced marine research capacities to manage fisheries resources (2025–2029)
  11. Enhanced research capacities for sustainable utilization and management of eel and other inland fisheries resources (2025–2029)
  12. Improving fisher’s livelihood and fisheries co-management in inland and coastal small-scale fisheries (2025–2029)

Strategy II: Supporting the Sustainable Growth of Aquaculture to Complement Fisheries and Contribute to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Livelihood of People in the Region

13. ASEAN Regional Technical Consultation on Aquatic Emergency Preparedness Response Systems for Effective Management of Transboundary Disease Outbreak Southeast Asia (Phase 2) (2025–2026)
14. Blue Horizon: Ocean Relief through Seaweed Aquaculture (2024–2028)
15. Promotion of aquaculture technologies for emerging species through GAqP in Southeast Asia (2025–2029)

Strategy III: Ensuring the Food Safety and Quality of Fish and Fishery Products for the Southeast Asian Region

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Strategy IV: Enhancing Trade and Compliance of the Region’s Fish and Fishery Products with Market Requirements

16. ASEAN-JICA Food Value Chain Development Project (2025–2026)

Strategy V: Addressing Cross-Cutting Issues, such as Labor, Gender, and Climate Change, where Related to International Fisheries

17. Enhancing Region Responses to Emerging International Fisheries-related Issues (2025–2029)

Strategy VI: Empowering SEAFDEC to Strengthen Its Roles in the Region and to Improve Its Services to Member Countries

18. Fisheries Resource Survey and Operational Plan for M.V. SEAFDEC 2 (Since 2004)

Special Projects

19. USAID Southeast Asia Fisheries Partnership (2023–2028) (The Project is suspended in accordance with the President Trump’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid)

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