Fish for the People: Recent submissions
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Boosting national mechanisms to combat IUU fishing: Dynamism of the Southeast Asian fisheries sector
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Fishing activities that do not comply with national, regional or international fisheries conservation and management legislations or measures comprise illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing (Agnew & Barnes, ... -
Estimating the maximum sustainable yield for coastal fisheries: A case study in Nui Thanh District, Quang Nam Province, Viet Nam
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Many government reports recently indicate that the coastal fisheries of Viet Nam have experienced overfishing and overcapacity. Although few fishery management studies had been conducted to address the situation, no ... -
Coping with overcapacity/overfishing: Experience of Japan
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Preventing the incidence of over-exploitation is a central element of fisheries management. Therefore, fisheries managers should be able to comprehend the degree of exploitation in a fishery resource and if managers fail ... -
Fish for the People Vol. 14 No. 2
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Addressing trans-boundary issues and consolidating bilateral arrangements to combat IUU fishing
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)In Southeast Asia, illegal and destructive fishing activities are recognized as among the most crucial problems that threaten the sustainability of the region's fisheries affecting the livelihoods of millions of people ... -
Securing the niche of ASEAN fishery products in the global market: Traceability system for ASEAN aquaculture products
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The Codex Alimentarius Commission defines traceability or product tracing as 'the ability to follow the movement of a food through specified stage(s) of production, processing and distribution'. In an increasingly complex ... -
Management of fishing capacity for sustainable fisheries: RPOA-capacity
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The increasing demand for fish prompts many fishers with highly-equipped fishing boats, to unceasingly chase for fish oblivious of the impacts of any irresponsible operations on the resources. The uncontrolled exploitation ... -
Regional fishing vessels record: A management tool for combating IUU fishing in Southeast Asia
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)SEAFDEC has been assisting the Southeast Asian countries in their efforts to combat IUU fishing, which includes promoting the implementation of Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) considered as a catalyst in preventing ... -
Supporting Southeast Asian countries in implementing port state measures
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The importance of port State measures (PSM) is highlighted in the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU) adopted by the FAO Committee on Fisheries ... -
Promotion of measures to avert entry of fish and fishery products from IUU fishing into the supply chain
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The increasing demand for fish has driven fishers to catch more fish by all means even to the extent of practicing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. It has been well reported that IUU fishing not only ... -
Forging regional cooperation to address fishery labor issues
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The rapid development of the world's fisheries sector together with increasing demand for fish and fishery products for human consumption, result in a growing global demand of labor in fishing and aquaculture related ... -
Strengthening fishery resource rehabilitation measures to mitigate the impacts of IUU fishing
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The coastal waters of Southeast Asia are blessed with fishery resources with high level of productivity because of rich ecosystems such as dense mangrove forests and sea grass beds sustained by rich effluence of nutrients ... -
Supporting ASEAN good aquaculture practices: Preventing the spread of trans-boundary aquatic animal diseases
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The FAO Fishery Statistics had indicated that Asia is the top producer of fish and fishery products from both capture fisheries and aquaculture. Specifically, Southeast Asia had contributed 9-31% of the total aquaculture ... -
Securing the niche of ASEAN fish and fishery products in the global market: ASEAN catch documentation scheme for marine capture fisheries
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)It is well-recognized that the global fishery resources have declined due to overexploitation and un-controlled fishing operations whether within national jurisdictions, sub-regional/regional areas or in the high seas. ... -
Fish for the People Vol.13 No.3
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Transforming a coral reef cove into mariculture hub: Igang marine station of SEAFDEC/AQD
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Save our eels: Protection or extinction?
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)Freshwater eels of Genus Anguilla are important aquatic species not only because of their unique catadromous life history, i.e. after being hatched in marine habitats, the fish migrate to freshwater areas where they spend ... -
Promoting co-management in inland fisheries: Experience of Lao PDR
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)Lao People's Democratic Republic, in short Lao PDR, is a mountainous land-locked country located in the Lower Mekong River Basin in Southeast Asia, and endowed with rich and abundant natural water resources as well as ... -
Matching-up the population dynamics of mekong giant catfish with conservation and management strategies
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)A charismatic aquatic species revered throughout the Mekong River, the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) is one of the world's largest freshwater fishes and is considered critically endangered (IUCN Red List, ... -
Sustainable management of inland fishery resources in Myanmar: Issues and concerns
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)Management of inland water fisheries has been promoted in Myanmar for decades as means of developing the country's fisheries in a sustainable manner, preventing the extinction of fishery resources, and safeguarding the ...
