REGIONAL MEETING ON THE FUTURE OF TRAWL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The Regional Meeting on the Future of Trawl Fisheries Management in Southeast Asia was organized by the SEAFDEC Training Department (TD) as Regional Facilitation Unit (RFU) of REBYC-II CTI project in collaboration with FAO from 23 to 25 September 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Forty three representatives from participating countries as Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam through SEAFDEC/TD, FAO-GEF, relevant private sectors and other agencies participated in the Meeting. The Meeting aims to develop policy recommendations for trawl fisheries management in Southeast Asia by reviewing the current national policy of trawl fisheries management in SEAFDEC member countries. During the meeting, overall lessons learned from implementation of the REBYC-II CTI project, the need and content of a potential follow up project and policy recommendations for trawl fisheries management in Southeast Asia was discussed. This Meeting came up with recommendations for trawl fisheries management in Southeast Asia and summary future project(s) on developing sustainable trawl fisheries in Southeast Asia.