SEAFDEC received the Margarita Lizárraga Medal Award for the biennium 2006-2007

SEAFDEC has been recognized by the ASEAN and the Member Countries as the prime mover in the promotion of sustainable and responsible fisheries in the region. Its activities through the regionalization of the CCRF covering a wide range of sub-sectors such as fishing technology and practices, aquaculture, post-harvest technology and trade, and fisheries management, have been greatly considered by the Member Countries as framework for there respective efforts in promoting sustainable fisheries resulting in positive change of attitudes among the stakeholders which led to the advancement of responsible fisheries based on the CCRF framework in the region.

On 17 November 2007, SEAFDEC by Dr. Siri Ekmaharaj, Secretary-General was awarded the Margarita Lizárraga Medal Award for the biennium 2006-2007 at the 34th Session of the FAO Conference for the efforts in promoting the CCRF in Southeast Asia. This is considered a milestone in the history of SEAFDEC for having its efforts and achievements in promoting responsible fisheries in the region during the past decade globally recognized. SEAFDEC will continue its efforts to ensure that fisheries development in the region is harmonized with global initiatives as well as with sustainable and responsible approaches. Read more..

SEAFDEC participated in the 29th AMAF Meeting

The Secretary-General, Dr. Siri Ekmaharaj, and senior officials of SEAFDEC participated as observers in the 29th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) organized from 29 October to 2 November 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand. During Meeting, Dr. Siri reported to the ASEAN Ministers of the good progress made in ASEAN-SEAFDEC cooperation since the 28th AMAF Meeting.

While expressing their strong support for ASEAN-SEAFDEC cooperation and their appreciation to SEAFDEC for her assistance to ASEAN in several fisheries program, the Ministers endorsed the Letter of Understanding on the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership (LOU/ASSP) for signing by the Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Mr. Ong Keng Yong and the Secretary-General of SEAFDEC; and the public signing ceremony between ASEAN and SEAFDEC for the LOU/ASSP was carried out on the 2 November during the 29th AMAF Meeting.

The ASSP is envisaged to enhance the overall ASEAN-SEAFDEC collaboration in the fisheries sector. It was agreed that the existing ASEAN-SEAFDEC Fisheries Consultative Group (FCG) would be the mechanism for ASEAN and SEAFDEC to consult, deliberate and agree on the ASEAN-SEAFDEC fisheries programs/activities and policies to be placed under the ASSP. In addition, under the ASSP framework, SEAFDEC in collaboration with DOF Thailand and with funding support from the SEAFDEC-Sida project plans to organize two ASEAN-SEAFDEC workshops. The first workshop is the “Regional Consultation and Workshop on the Concept for the establishment of an ASEAN Fisheries Development and Management Mechanism” in Bangkok, Thailand from 6-8 Nov 2007. The second workshop is the “Regional Workshop on Implementing the ASEAN Roadmap for the Integration of the Fisheries Sector” to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 14 – 17 January 2008.

SEAFDEC New Publications

SEAFDEC Newsltter Volume 30 Number 4 October-December 2007	Fish for the People Volume 5 Number 3

Events

May 2008

• The Fifth Rregional Expert Workshop on the Development of Aquaculture Certification Guidelines, Beijing, China 5- 8 May 2008.
• The Fourth Meeting of the Government Council of the Bay of Bengal Program, 6-7 May, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Evaluation of FAO’s Work in Statistics - Regional Stakeholders Workshop (Bangkok, Thailand) - 9 May 2008.
• The Ninth Pacific RIM Fisheries Conference "Ensuring Seafood Supply in a Changing World" Vancouver, Canada, 13-14 May, 2008
• The 35th session of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), Accra, GHANA, 13-16 May 2008
• World Aquaculture 2008, Busan, KOREA, 19-23 May, 2008
• 29th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Islamabad, Pakistan, 19-23 May 2008
• 76th General Session of the International Committee of the OIE, Paris, 25 - 30 May 2008.
• 10th INFOFISH World TUNA Trade Conference & Exhibition 28 -30 May 2008, Bangkok Convention Centre – Central World, Bangkok, Thailand
• The Sixth in a Series of Regional Expert Workshop on the Development of Aquaculture Certification Guidelines, Washington D.C., USA 29-30 May 2008.
  

June 2008

• COFI - Sub-Committee on Fish Trade - 11th Session - (FI-709-11) Bremen, Germany 2 June 2008 - 6 June 2008
• Tenth Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Fisheries, 2 June 2008 - 5 June 2008, Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines
• Twenty-Second Session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 9 – 13 June 2008.
• FAO Workshop on Assessment and managemnt of the Offshore Resources of South and Southeast Asia. Bangkok 17-19 June 2008.
• Asian Wetland Symposium 2008, 22-25 June 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Technical Consultation to draft a legally-binding instrument on port State measures to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Rome, Italy 23 June 2008 - 27 June 2008

July 2008

• Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), 22-25 July 2008, Nha Trang, Vietnam

August 2008

• The Second APFIC Regional Consultative Forum Meeting, Manado 6-10th August and 30th Session of APFIC 11-13th august,Manado, North Sulawesi
• Fourth International Symposium on GIS/Spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences, Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25-29 August, 2008.

October 2008

• COFI - Sub-Committee on Aquaculture - 4th Session Puerto Varas, Chile 6 October 2008 - 10 October 2008
• Global Conference on Small-Scale Fisheries (Co-organised with thai Department of Fisheries) Bangkok, Thailand 13 October 2008 - 17 October 2008
• Coastal Zone Asia Pacific Conference (CZAP2008) will be held in Qingdao, China, on October 19-22, 2008
• 5th World Fisheries Congress, 20-24 October 2008, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan
• End of Activity Meeting for Japanese Trust Fund II Project, 22-24 October 2008, Singapore.

November 2008

• 31st Program Committee Meeting (PCM), 3-8 October 2008 (tentative), the Peninsula-Excelsior Hotel, Singapore

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Responsible Fisheries

Over the past four decades, SEAFDEC has been assisting Member Countries in developing their fisheries potentials towards sustainable directions, taking into consideration relevant global concerns and initiatives.

With the adoption on the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries by the FAO members in 1995, responsible approach has been immensely taken up by SEAFDEC, with the essence of the CCRF being embedded in planning and implementation of activities.