The SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) organized an “On-site Training on Traceability for Fish and Fishery Products in Lao PDR” from 18 to 20 March 2025 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Twenty-six participants who were staff of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries and engaged in the traceability of fish and...

SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) welcomed sixty university students who take a class of marine science from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) on 21 February 2025. The students learned about SEAFDEC's role in Southeast Asia, attended a lecture on the principles of fishing gear survey and data collection,...

M.V. SEAFDEC2 conducted her mission on survey assessing the abundance of fishery resources and asses the presence and impact of marine debris and microplastics in the aquatic environment in the Gulf of Thailand from 10 February to 14 March 2025. The survey covered 62 stations in the Gulf of...

A group of 115 students from Saparachinee Trang School in Trang Province, Thailand gained hands-on experience in marine science during a visit to the SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) on 7 February 2025. Their visit included learning about SEAFDEC's work, oceanography, fish taxonomy, and tours of the organization's facilities such...

SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) has partnered with Norway's Institute of Marine Research (IMR) to carry out a demonstration survey on to use of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for locating and retrieving abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in Rayong Province. The pervasive issue of abandoned, lost, or...

The SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) gave a warm welcome to 8 fisheries officials from the Department of Fisheries and Coastal Development, Government of Balochistan, Pakistan on 28 January 2025. In this regard, SEAFDEC/TD introduced SEAFDEC’s role and mission in the region and open discussion with relevant to SEAFDEC/TD activities...