Report of the Second Technical Experts Meeting on Information Compilation of Transboundary Species as Scientific Basis for National Measures for Southern Andaman Sea

Abstract

The Second Technical Experts Meeting on Information Compilation of Transboundary Species as Scientific Basis for National Measures for Southern Andaman Sea was organized by the SEAFDEC-Sweden Project on 10-11 July 2018 at Mercure Hotel, Pattaya City in Chonburi Province, Thailand. The Meeting was attended by Technical Focal Points (TFPs) of Indonesia and Thailand, SEAFDEC Secretariat, Training Department (TD), Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (MFRDMD), Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Members and Technical Resource Persons from Thailand. The Meeting was called together, as follow-up to the first Technical Experts Meeting on Management of Transboundary Species of Southern Andaman Sea, held on 4-5 April 2018 in Bangkok, attended by Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand TFPs, where they agreed to produce a draft map from the existing data collected and compiled from different countries. The draft maps shared, discussed, revised and updated developed by SEAFDEC/TD. The Meeting would assess/identify the possible future needs for coordination and collaboration of fisheries measures based on the produced maps that could be beneficial to secure a sustainable stock status of these transboundary species in the Southern Andaman Sea.