Report of the sub-regional technical meeting on effective fisheries management between Malaysia and Thailand

Abstract

The Sub-regional Technical Meeting on Effective Fisheries Management between Malaysia and Thailand was convened in Penang, Malaysia from 14 to 15 May 2014. This Meeting transpired from the decision of the 4th Meeting of the Gulf of Thailand Sub-region that was held in December 2013. The intention of the Meeting was to identify possible working areas that could be established between Malaysia and Thailand in order to promote effective management of fishing capacity, combating illegal (IUU) and destructive fishing and to cooperate on the management of trans-boundary fish stocks in the waters bordering Malaysia and Thailand in the Gulf of Thailand.