Report of the Technical Consultative Meeting on Drafting of the Regional Action Plan for Management of Transboundary Species: Indo-Pacific Mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma) in the Gulf of Thailand Sub-Region

Abstract

The Technical Consultative Meeting on Drafting of the Regional Action Plan for Management of Transboundary Species: Indo-Pacific Mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma) in the Gulf of Thailand (GOT) Sub-Region was co-organized by the SEAFDEC-Sweden Projectand the SEAFDEC/UNEP/GEF Project on Establishment and Operation of a Regional System of Fisheries Refugia in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand (Fisheries Refugia) from 12 to13 September 2019, in Chonburi Province, Thailand. The Meeting was meant to update on the progress of the implementation of the activities for Indo-Pacific mackerel in the Gulf of Thailand sub-region and draft the Regional Action Plan for management of Indo-Pacific mackerel and its habitats in the Gulf of Thailand sub-region.

The Meeting was attended by 39 participants (16 females, 23 males) from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam, officers from SEAFDEC Secretariat, Training Department (TD), Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (MFRDMD), members of Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN), and experts from Sweden and Burapha University of Thailand.