REPORT OF THE MONITORING SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY IN COMMUNE TEUK THLA, SIHANOUKVILLE

Abstract

Under the Fisheries Consultative Group (FCG) of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership collaborative mechanism, the SEAFDEC Training Department (TD), as the lead department for the integrated coastal resources management (ICRM) program, has implemented ICRM projects starting in 2001, which were mainly supported by the Japanese Trust Fund. The first project was conducted in Pathew District in Chumpon Province, Thailand in 2001 in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries of Thailand and the Chumpon Marine Fisheries Research and Development Center. This was followed by a similar project in Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia in 2003 with the collaboration of the Department of Fisheries Malaysia and other local agencies as project partners. The third ICRM project was initiated in 2005 in Sihanoukville, Cambodia in collaboration with the Fisheries Administration of Cambodia.