Fish for the People: Recent submissions
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Towards sustainable fisheries development in Southeast Asia: the twenty-year Japanese trust fund saga in SEAFDEC
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)After the establishment of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in 1967, the Government of Japan through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided funds for the operations of SEAFDEC and the Departments ... -
Strengthening regional cooperation to support the implementation of port state measures in Southeast Asia
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global threat to sustainable fisheries and to the management and conservation of fishery resources. As a tool to combat IUU fishing, enhanced port State control has ... -
Promoting community-based resources management: a case study in Nam Oon Dam, Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)The SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) has been implementing the six-year project ‘Enhancing the Compilation and Utilization of Fishery Statistics and Information for Sustainable Development and Management of Fisheries ... -
Preventing the entry of IUU fish and fishery products into the supply chain: the regional guidelines
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)The increasing demand for fish has driven fishers to catch more fish, to the extent of practicing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. IUU fishing not only contributes to overexploitation of the stocks but ... -
Managing purse seine fisheries in the Southeast Asian region: A joint effort among ASEAN member states
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Production from marine capture fisheries of the Southeast Asian region is derived from the fishing grounds in the South China Sea and Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean (Fig. 1), comprising FAO Fishing Area 57 (Indian Ocean, ... -
Initiating resource enhancement of seahorses: A case study at Sagay marine reserve in central Philippines
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) are commonly found in tropical coral reefs as well as in lagoons and estuaries, and are highly exploited for their high price, resulting in the listing of these seahorses in the International ... -
Highlighting the importance of inland capture fisheries in the Southeast Asian region
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)The Southeast Asian region is endowed with enormous areas of natural inland water resources, such as river systems, lakes, floodplains, reservoirs, dams, and wetlands, as well as a rich diversity of aquatic species. Fishing ... -
Automating marine fisheries catch documentation schemes: the eACDS
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Market-driven measures, enforced to control the trading of fish and fishery products, specifically, the EC Regulation 1005/2008, have impacted not only the countries that send their products to the EU but also some countries ... -
Advocating preventive measures that inhibit early mortality syndrome in shrimps
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) is a generic name used to describe the observed mortality occurring within the first 30 days of stocking shrimp (Penaeus sp.) post larvae (PL) in ponds. The aquaculture species reported to ... -
Fish for the People Vol. 15 No. 2
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The shifting habitat of Hilsa: River to sea
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) is one of the most economically important fish species in Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. To some extent, hilsa has also been found to inhabit the waters of Thailand, especially in the Andaman Sea ... -
Sustainable management of neritic tunas in Southeast Asia: Longtail tuna and kawakawa in focus
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Oceanic and neritic tunas are abundant and commonly found in the waters throughout Southeast Asia. While oceanic tunas migrate over oceans and seas, neritic tunas mostly inhabit the economic zones and subregional marine ... -
Sustainable management of inland capture fisheries for food security: Experience of Indonesia
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)An archipelago with 17,500 islands, Indonesia is situated between latitude 06° 08’ N – 11° 15’ S and longitude 94° 15’ – 141° 00’ E and its territorial waters on 12 mile-limit basis, embrace a total area of 3,166,162 km 2 ... -
Towards the sustainability of Southeast Asian fisheries: the role of SEAFDEC during the past 50 years and beyond
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)This article is based on the Keynote Address delivered by the Author during the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of SEAFDEC at Dusit Thani Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on 15 November 2017, which recounts the developmental ... -
Going on a high note: the SEAFDEC information programs
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Since its establishment in 1967, SEAFDEC has always promoted the importance of information as means of enhancing its image as a regional center working towards the sustainable development of fisheries in Southeast Asia. ... -
Building upon sub-regional arrangements for joint management of fishery resources in the Southeast Asian region
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)The Southeast Asian region embraces among others, a vast range of seas including semi-enclosed seas, large rivers and lakes, numerous man-made lakes and reservoirs, and wide areas of wetlands and flooded forests. For the ... -
Fish for the People Vol. 15 No. 1
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The South China Sea fisheries refugia initiative and the sustainable development goals
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as ‘Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ are a set of seventeen aspirational ‘Global Goals’ with 169 targets between them. Spearheaded ... -
Highlighting SDG 14 in the development and management of Southeast Asian marine capture fisheries
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Guided by the series of ASEAN-SEAFDEC Resolutions and Plans of Action on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security for the ASEAN Region, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has been continuously promoting ... -
Development of a sustainable mangrove crab industry through science-based research
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Farming of mangrove crab (or mud crab) species, e.g. Scylla serrata, S. tranquebarica and S. olivacea has long been established in the Philippines although the preferred species for growing is S. serrata. The Philippines’ ...