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The SEAFDEC Training Department (TD) in collaboration Inland Fisheries Resources Development and Management Department (IFRDMD) organized “The Training on Gender Mainstreaming in Fisheries Sector” from 6 to 8 September 2022, at IFRDMD office, Palembang, Indonesia. The training aims to ensure a better understanding and awareness of gender aspects and to know how to promote mainstream gender in developing fisheries management policies/programs. There were 21 fisheries officers in Palembang and the staff of IFRDMD participated in the training. The training program provided the participants with a gender concept for awareness building and the process to integrate gender mainstreaming into fisheries to guide the participants into integrating gender into their workplace. The training was conducted through active participation from participants and the strengthening of knowledge and sharing the experiences on gender in Fisheries.
SEAFDEC Join Event in the 7th Marine Science Conference
The 7th Marine Science Conference under the theme “Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Seas” was organized from 5 to 7 September 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand by Marine Science Association of Thailand. The SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) joined the event by organizing the exhibition on SEAFDEC implementation activities with relevant to marine fisheries resources and marine environment survey using SEAFDEC research vessels through promoted and distributed SEAFDEC documents and material in the exhibition. Moreover, 32 research topics of the collaborative research survey on marine fisheries resources and marine environment in the Gulf of Thailand in 2018 by M.V. SEAFDEC 2 were presented in the conference.
National Training Course on Fisheries Management Tools
The SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) organized “The National Training Course on Fisheries Management Tools for Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM)” from 22 to 26 August 2022 at SEAFDEC/TD, Samut Prakan, Thailand. There were 18 participants who are EAFM trainers of the Department of Fisheries, Thailand attending this training. The course objective is to provide the participants with knowledge and skills that would enable them to identify the appropriate management tools that address common EAFM issues in Thailand. In the end, the training came up with enhanced awareness of and familiarity with the EAFM management tools through increased effectiveness of participants to select the management tools that could be used for implementation of the EAFM in their works. This training belongs to the project “Small-scale Fisheries Management for Better Livelihood and Fisheries Resources”.
Regional Workshop on MCS for Combating IUU Fishing in Southeast Asia
The Regional Workshop on Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) for Combating IUU Fishing in Southeast Asia was organized from 23 to 24 August 2022 by SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) at Pattaya, Chonburi Province, Thailand. The aims are to share and update information on MCS implementation activities to combat IUU fishing, enhance and promote fisheries management tools for combating IUU fishing, and identification of the need for capacity building on MCS for combating IUU fishing. There were 37 participants from the ASEAN Member States and international organizations attending this workshop. The implementation of MCS activities was presented and shared by AMSs and international organizations such as FAO, AN-IUU, RPOA-IUU, International MCS Network (IMCS), Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA). In the end, the workshop came up with updated information on MCS implementation activities to combat IUU fishing among AMSs, understanding fisheries management tools for combating IUU fishing, and capacity building need on relevant MCS for combating IUU fishing. The workshop is an activity under the project “Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Enhancing National Capacity to Eliminate IUU Fishing in Southeast Asia”.
Regional Training Course on Marine Debris and Microplastics Sampling Collection and Analysis
The SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) organized “The Onsite Regional Training Course on Marine Debris and Microplastics Sampling Collection and Analysis” from 18 to 25 August 2022 at Training Department, Samut Prakan, Thailand. The aim of the training is to build up the capacity of researchers on marine debris and microplastic sampling collection and analysis through strengthening the network of marine debris and microplastic researchers in the region. There were 25 participants from AMSs attending this training. The relevant subjects were imparted by resource persons from universities in Japan and Thailand which focused on the world marine debris situation, management of marine debris and microplastics, introduction to seafloor debris through survey methodology, hand-on exercise for line transaction methods by program R, demonstration of survey and record, etc. This training is an activity under the project “Sustainable Utilization of Fisheries Resources and Resources Enhancement in Southeast Asia”
