Fish for the People: Recent submissions
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Tale of two successful fisheries management schemes adopted in Japan
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)The SEAFDEC Regional Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries in Southeast Asia: Responsible Fisheries Management (SEAFDEC, 2003) indicates that fisheries management refers to the “integrated process ofinformation gathering, ... -
Promoting responsible aquaculture for the sustainable production of soft-shell crabs
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)Soft-shell crabs command a high price because these could be eaten whole when cooked. Myanmar, Viet Nam, and Thailand are among the Southeast Asian countries that produce considerable quantities of soft-shell crabs mostly ... -
Scaling an EAFM at the sub-regional level: Catalyzing regional and national actions in the Sulu-Sulawesi seascape
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)The establishment of appropriate fisheries management mechanisms is vital to ensuring the sustainability of the fishery resources and long-term food security in the Southeast Asian region. By adopting an Ecosystem Approach ... -
Fish for the People Vol. 16 No. 2
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Mapping gendered spaces for sandfish resource management in Guimaras, Philippines
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)Women and men utilize spaces differently and have differential access to resources because of norms and values attached to certain places. In fisheries, the contributions of women are either overlooked or considered less ... -
Aiming for improved gender equity in Cambodian aquaculture
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)The population of Cambodia in 2018 is about 16 million with an estimated growth rate of 1.63% per annum and gender ratio of 0.96 male/female (24:25 male:female ratio). As a result of the country’s civil war in the mid ... -
Recognizing gender roles in the fisheries value chain: Local fishing communities of Thailand in focus
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)Recently, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) through its Training Department (TD) has been advocating gender equality in its programs and activities by making sure that the knowledge gaps and ... -
The importance of gender in fisheries: The USAID Oceans experience
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)In the fisheries sector, gendered divisions of labor and the invisibility of many actors, particularly women workers, and migrants, may lead to policies and programs that ignore people’s needs and welfare, including social ... -
Paving the path to gender equality in fisheries policies and practices in Southeast Asia
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)Women play multidimensional roles in households and communities along with their male fishing counterparts. Of the total population depending on capture fisheries, 47% are women (World Bank, 2012). According to current ... -
Breaking gender borders in Philippine aquaculture: A case study in Negros Occidental, Philippines
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)A gender case study of housewives engaged in tilapia farming was conducted in January 2018 in Isabela, Province of Negros in central Philippines. A socioeconomic survey was administered to female fish farmers using the ... -
Fish for the People Vol. 16 No. 1
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Using yield per recruit analysis to determine fish stock status
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)During the past decade, the fishing industry in Southeast Asia had been confronted with concerns on declining fishery resources due to overfishing, and more particularly because of the continued practice of illegal, ... -
The M.V. Plalung I of SEAFDEC serving as model for Thai trawlers
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)When the Government of Thailand was confronted with the need to address the pressing international requirements on labor in the fisheries sector, more particularly in trawl fisheries, SEAFDEC offered its 17-GT Thai-style ... -
Beyond capacity adaptation – for what should it be adapted?
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)It is well known that keeping fish stocks at optimum stock sizes will increase the production of fish leading to larger profits for fishers and increased food production. The Southeast Asian countries have started to make ... -
Application of GIS and remote sensing for advancing sustainable fisheries management in Southeast Asia
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)Through the adoption of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Plan of Action on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security for the ASEAN Region Towards 2020 by the Senior Officials of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries in June 2011, the countries ... -
Addressing the legislative gaps in the implementation of port state measures: Southeast Asian perspective
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)The Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) adopted by FAO in 2009 is a legally-binding instrument for combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the world. Although only three of the Southeast Asian ... -
Re-aligning SEAFDEC programs towards enhanced sustainability of Southeast Asian fisheries: Resolution on the future of SEAFDEC
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2018)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) was established in December 1967 to promote fisheries development in Southeast Asia for the improvement of the food situation in the region. Prior to such event, ... -
Fish for the People Vol. 15 No. 3
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Utilizing alternative ingredients in aquafeeds for sustainable aquaculture
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)Aquaculture is considered as the key to ensuring enough food protein to feed the growing world population (FAO, 2014). It is expected that the global food demand will increase to 70% in 2050. Aquaculture is touted as the ... -
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 ...
