Report of the Twentieth Meeting of Fisheries Consultative Group of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership (FCG/ASSP)

Abstract

The Twentieth Meeting of the Fisheries Consultative Group of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership (20FCG/ASSP) was convened in Bangkok, Thailand from 30 November to 1 December 2017, and was co-chaired by the representative from Singapore as the Chairperson of the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Fisheries (ASWGFi) and the Secretary-General of SEAFDEC. Attended by representatives from the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries and the ASEAN Secretariat, and the SEAFDEC officials led by the Secretary-General, the 20FCG/ASSP discussed the programs and activities implemented by SEAFDEC in 2017 and those proposed for 2018 under the FCG/ASSP mechanism as endorsed by the SEAFDEC Program Committee at its Fortieth Meeting (40PCM) in November 2017, the progress of the other proposals implemented under the ASSP Framework, as well as the policy considerations on issues of importance to the fisheries sector of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries.