04 SEAFDEC Secretariat Publications

Fish for the People Vol.22 No.2

SEAFDEC, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)

Revitalizing Boeung Tonle Chhmar in Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia through ecosystem approach to fisheries management and co-management

Tiaye, Rattana; Lieng, Sopha (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)

SEAFDEC/TD has long promoted the concepts of ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) and co-management, particularly for coastal small-scale fisheries, across the SEAFDEC Member Countries. These approaches aim ...

Hidden in Plain Sight: freshwater whiprays of Southeast Asia and their ecological significance

Arshaad, Wahidah Mohd; Yusof, Hamizah Nadia Alias@; Nor, Rosdi Mohd (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)

Freshwater whiprays, belonging to the families Dasyatidae and Potamotrygonidae, are unique stingrays thriving in low-salinity environments such as rivers and lakes. Southeast Asia is the habitat of at least five whipray ...

Promoting strategies for sustainable management of swamp fisheries in the Southeast Asian Region

Supriyadi, Freddy; Muthmainnah, Dina; Rais, Aroef Hukmanan; Sawestri, Sevi; Anthoni, Rezki; Shimizu, Tomohito (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)

Recognizing the vital role of swamps in the Southeast Asian region, the Inland Fishery Resources Development and Management Department of SEAFDEC (SEAFDEC/IFRDMD) delved into various approaches to ensure the long-term ...

Achieving sustainable aquaculture in Southeast Asia: A case study on community-based giant freshwater prawn production in Laguna Lake, Philippines

Salayo, Nerissa D.; Aya, Frolan A.; Montinola, Quenie S.; Ito, Sayaka; de la Peńa, Leobert D.; Bautista, Richelle T. (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)

The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) implemented the project “Sustainable Aquaculture through Cost-effective Culture Systems, and Prompt and Effective Aquatic Animal ...

Promoting sustainable aquaculture of freshwater species: The continuous quest for alternative feeds and adoption of feeding strategies

Aya, Frolan A.; Ito, Sayaka; de la Peńa, Leobert D.; Bautista, Richelle T. (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)

Among farm inputs, feeds are the highest recurring cost in aquaculture. Indeed, feeds have become even more expensive after the COVID-19 pandemic, undeniably affecting the aquaculture economics. The pressing need to alleviate ...

Rhizocephalans and how they turn crabs into zombies: the case of sacculinid Sacculina beauforti on orange mud crab Scylla olivacea

Waiho, Khor; Yu, Yang; Fazhan, Hanafiah (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)

Rhizocephalans are a group of parasitic barnacles that infect crustacean hosts, significantly altering their morphology, physiology, and behavior. Due to the lack of relevant knowledge, infected crabs can be inadvertently ...

SEAFDEC Newsletter Vol.47 No.2

SEAFDEC, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-09)

SEAFish Project: SEAFDEC and USAID partnership for improved fishery resource management and sustainable biodiversity in the Southeast Asian region

Chamsai, Sawitree; Wanchana, Worawit (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-09)

Fish for the People Vol.22 No.1

SEAFDEC, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-07)

Recounting the major accomplishments of JTF 6-2 projects for the sustainability of fisheries development in Southeast Asia

Nakazato, Tomoko; Tongdee, Nualanong

; Chumchuen, Shiela Villamor (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-07)

SEAFDEC has been promoting sustainable fisheries to contribute to food security, poverty alleviation and livelihood of people in the Southeast Asian region since its establishment in 1967. As one of the SEAFDEC Member ...

Dissecting the traceability of fish and fishery products in Southeast Asia: strengths, weaknesses, and needs

Saraphaivanich, Kongpathai; Imsamrarn, Namfon; Phusirimongkol, Krit (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-07)

Seafood traceability is the ability to fully trace a product from the point of sale back to its point of origin. This is required to follow general food law, fisheries control, and fish marketing. As part of the recent ...

Reinforcing the ASEAN member states to combat IUU fishing in Southeast Asia through monitoring, control, and surveillance

Saraphaivanich, Kongpathai; Suthipol, Yanida; Imsamrarn, Namfon (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-07)

The rapid development of fisheries in the Southeast Asian region from the 1970s to the early 1990s was driven by increased access to global markets and export liberalization policies. The region’s vast bodies of water ...

Esteeming the importance of comprehensive data for sustainable eel fisheries in Southeast Asia

Suryati, Ni Komang; Muthmainnah, Dina; Shimizu, Tomohito; Kamaluddin, Kasim; Supriyadi, Freddy; Pamungkas, Yanu Prasetio; Septimesi, Anissa; Septiana, Dwi Rizki (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-07)

In recent years, the value of tropical eels has significantly increased due to the decline of temperate eels. As a result, there has been a dramatic rise in the capture of glass eels and the juvenile stage of eels in ...

Supporting small-scale fisheries in Southeast Asia: need, challenges, and recommendations

Weerawat, Panitnard (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-07)

This article highlights the results of the Regional Workshop on Towards a New Era of Support for Smallscale Fisheries in Southeast Asia organized on 29–31 August 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Workshop was aimed at 1) ...

Establishing a community-based sea cucumber ranch: Merging science with local knowledge

Altamirano, Jon

; Noran-Baylon, Roselyn D.; Montinola, Quenie S. (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-07)

Sea cucumbers are expensive, but natural wild stocks are overfished, especially in the tropics. This is why sea cucumber farming is increasingly gaining popularity worldwide, aside from the anticipated high economic gains ...