THE MEETING ON TRAWL FISHERIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The SEAFDEC Training Department (TD) as the Regional Facilitation Unit (RFU) of strategies for trawl fisheries bycatch management project (REBYC-II CTI) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) organized “Southeast Asia Trawl Fisheries Round-table Meeting” on 21 September 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. There are 47 participants from participating countries (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam), SEAFDEC/TD, FAO-GEF, relevant private sectors and other agencies participated in the Meeting.  The outputs came up with case studies and good practices of trawl fisheries management in REBYC-II CTI participating countries and policy recommendations for trawl fisheries management in Southeast Asia which is raised up in the back to back regional meeting on the future of trawl fisheries management in Southeast Asia.