Report of the Sub-Regional Meeting on the Gulf of Thailand

Abstract

The Sub-Regional Meeting on the Gulf of Thailand was organized by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) with funding support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) in Bangkok, Thailand from 24 to 26 February 2009. The Meeting aimed to review and come up with recommendations on the various concerns relevant to fisheries management in the context of the Gulf of Thailand Subregion that include fishing capacity, IUU fisheries, vessel registration, etc. The meeting also aimed to discuss follow-up actions to the recommendations raised during the March 2008 Gulf of Thailand Sub-regional Meeting as well as relevant suggestions made in other related meetings.