http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6668 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:34:52 GMT 2026-04-16T10:34:52Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6677 Fish for the People Vol.19 No.1 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6677 2021-06-30T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6676 Installing reforms in the Southeast Asian Region toward sustainable development of aquaculture and inland fisheries: SEAFDEC perspective Smithrithee, Malinee; Honda, Koichi; Sulit, Virgilia T.; Chumchuen, Shiela Villamor The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has been working incessantly for the sustainability of fisheries in the Southeast Asian region. Such efforts had been clearly manifested in the progress and development of fisheries in the region that prompted the ASEAN Member States (AMSs) to adopt the series of decennial ASEAN-SEAFDEC Resolutions and Plans of Action on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security for the ASEAN Region in 2001, 2011, and 2020, which have served as policy frameworks and priority actions for the AMSs to support their efforts towards attaining sustainability in fisheries development and enhancing the contribution of fisheries to food security and socioeconomic advancement. As a result from such efforts, many Southeast Asian countries have become major exporters of fish and fishery products to the world’s fish market. Nonetheless, it is feared that such feat might not be sustained in the long run considering the fate of marine capture fisheries, where its production had been dwindling due to the unhealthy condition of the marine fishery resources brought about by uncontrollable non-responsible fishing activities resulting in their over-exploitation and devastation. In order to address such concerns, it had become necessary to institute reforms within SEAFDEC as well as in the regional arena, which could include harnessing the potentials of aquaculture and inland fisheries towards sustainable development. Amidst such a situation, SEAFDEC and the AMSs are not feeling desperate as these other fisheries sub-sectors could provide the gleam of hope because of their potentials that could be tapped to sustain the region’s fishery production and eventually supply the rising demand for food fish by the increasing population. In view of the potentials that such sub-sectors could offer, SEAFDEC has always made sure that the sustainability of inland fisheries and aquaculture is embedded in its plans, programs and activities, as indicated in the 2001 and 2011 ASEAN-SEAFDEC Resolutions and Plans of Action on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security for the ASEAN Region. Moreover, in the latest ASEAN-SEAFDEC Resolution and Plan of Action on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security for the ASEAN Region Towards 2030, Resolution Numbers 14 and 15, and Plan of Action Numbers 40–47 specifically focused on the sustainable development of inland fisheries, while Resolution Numbers 16–18 and Plan of Action Numbers 48–69 are devoted to sustainable development of aquaculture. By putting greater attention on the sustainable development of inland fisheries and aquaculture, the stakeholders from the region are ensured of food security in the years to come, while allowing the marine fishery resources to recover from their current state of decline and restore their capacity to rebuild and be able to provide again sufficient food fish for the people. Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6676 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6675 Enhanced biosecurity measures for sustainable aquaculture: shrimp hatchery operations de la Peña, Leobert D.; Baliao, Dan D.; Mamauag, Roger Edward P.; Genilza, Janice T.; Navarro, Jebrham C. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Broodstock Facility and Shrimp Hatchery Complex of SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines, has already been practicing the best quarantine protocols. The gold standards to ensure the production of diseasefree and high-quality shrimp are being developed by AQD under the program “OPLAN Balik Sugpo” or Operation Plan for Black Tiger Prawn Revival. Initiated in 2017, this Program generally aims to bring back the Penaeus monodon industry of the Philippines and help farmers revive their hopes and venture again into shrimp culture. Under the Program, the disease prevention scheme is currently undergoing verification for responsible management of shrimp broodstock obtained from the natural environment at AQD’s Broodstock Facility, and for the care of the postlarval stage at AQD’s Shrimp Hatchery Complex. Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6675 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6674 Maintaining River connectivity for enhanced inland fisheries productivity Ditya, Yoga Candra; Wibowo, Arif; Atminarso, Dwi; Ramadhanti, Almirah; Dahlia, Nana In many countries in Southeast Asia, massive infrastructure expansion not only on land but also in waterways has been among the main focus of the governments’ current national development plans. This is understandable because the priorities of most governments now dovetail towards expanding connectivity for improved economic growth, poverty alleviation, crop productivity, water availability, and power generation. Such development is exemplified in the case of Indonesia, especially in Java and Sumatera Islands, where infrastructure development has been raised to high levels including the establishment of intensive water infrastructures. Reports have shown that more than three thousand dams and weirs have been built so far in Indonesia and the Government of Indonesia has continued to construct 65 large weirs from 2019 until 2024. Construction of weirs in Indonesia is mainly intended for agricultural irrigation although recently, weirs are also being used for flood prevention. Indonesia has been endowed with fertile soil, and most of its people rely heavily on rice production to supply the staple food required primarily for local consumption. Therefore, a better irrigation system that secures water during the entire year is necessary, and this is fulfilled by constructing dams and weirs where water can be retained in the catchment area during the rainy season, and stored so that during the dry season, water is available to be utilized for irrigating the agricultural lands, for enhancing the economic outlook of the country. Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6674 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z