Proceedings of the Regional Seminar on Integrated Coastal Resources Management Approach in Southeast Asia: Review of the Project ICRM-PL

Abstract

The SEAFDEC training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) and Department of Fisheries (DOF) Malaysia with other collaborating project partners co-organized the Regional Seminar on Integrated Coastal Resource Management Approach in Southeast Asia: Review of the Project ICRM-PL in Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia from 21 to 23 October 2008. The regional Seminar was aimed at discussing the achievements and outcomes of the LBCRM-PL/ICRM-PL project during its implementation in line with the original project concept; verifying the impacts of the project to the beneficiaries in terms of quantity as well as quality in the light of both facets of community development and sustainable fisheries resources management; evaluating the rationale, implications and prospects for the possible dissemination of the project concepts to other SEAFDEC Member Countries; and identifying the necessary follow-up actions to be undertaken by DOF Malaysia, SEAFDEC/TD and other collaborating local agencies.