Report of the Meeting on the Development of Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network for Southern Andaman Sea

Abstract

The Meeting was convened as a follow up activities of the “Third Sub-regional Consultative Workshop of the Joint Fisheries Management around Southern Andaman Sea”, which was held in Bangkok in November 2017. During that 2017 Workshop, it was agreed to further strengthen the sub-regional cooperation on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) network for Southern Andaman Sea Sub-region and identified steps to take for the establishment of the MCS network. Subsequently, in 2018 the SEAFDEC-Sweden Project developed the workplan and roadmap of establishment of the MCS network for Southern Andaman Sea sub-region (Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand). In following up, therefore, this 2019 Meeting was intended to identify shared national priority areas for data sharing and coordination in fisheries for Southern Andaman Sea sub-region; discuss on ways forward on strengthening MCS network for Southern Andaman Sea sub-region; and discuss a possible mechanism for future cooperation for Southern Andaman Sea sub-region.