The SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) hosted six delegates from the Department of Fisheries and Coastal Development and the Gwadar Lasbela Livelihood Support Project (GLLSP-Phase II), Government of Balochistan, Pakistan on 9 April 2025. The visit included an introduction to SEAFDEC's regional role and mission, discussions on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and fisheries resource stock assessments, and tours of the Fishing Workshop and M.V. SEAFDEC. View Photo Activity

SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) conducted the "EAFM Start-up Workshop for the Fisheries Management Unit (FMU)" from 2 to 3 April 2025 in Koh Panyee, Phang Nga Province, Thailand. Building on the outputs of the 2024 Phuket meeting, this workshop marked a pivotal step toward advancing sustainable fisheries management in Thailand. Koh Panyee, household to 1,500 residents primarily reliant on fishing, faces challenges such as declining fish populations and environmental pressures. In response, the workshop brought together 21 participants (6 females and 15 males), including fisheries officers and local stakeholders, to collaboratively define the fisheries management unit (FMU) scope and...

SEAFDEC Training Department under the project “Sustainable Management of Fisheries, Marine Living Resources, and Their Habitats in the Bay of Bengal Region for the Benefit of the Coastal States and Communities (BOBLME II)” organized the “Regional Training Course on Enhancing Capacity Development for Implementing Port State Measures (PSM) Inspection to Combat IUU Fishing” from 1 to 3 April 2025 in SEAFDEC/TD, Samut Prakan, Thailand. The training was attended by 21 participants who engaged in Port State Measure and/or port inspection from the project’s participating countries as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The curriculum included practical sessions on before port entry...

The Regional Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Workshop in Asia: Building on a Decade of the SFF Guidelines for a Sustainable Future held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 26 to 27 March 2025, marked a significant milestone in the journey toward securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in Asia. The event commemorated the 10th anniversary of the “Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries” (SSF Guidelines), which were adopted to provide a framework for the protection and empowerment of small-scale fishers around the world. The workshop, co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development...

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 fishery products attended this training. The main aim of the training was to impart the knowledge of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries staff to combat IUU fishing through effective traceability management tools for fish and fishery products. By the end of the participants were expected to understand and enhance...

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, and toured facilities including the fishing workshop and the M.V. SEAFDEC. View Photo Activities

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 Thailand. and aimed to evaluate the impacts of marine debris and microplastics on fisheries resources. This survey is an activity of the project “Regional Collaborative Research and Capacity Building for Monitoring and Reduction of Marine Debris from Fisheries in Southeast Asia” . View Photo Activities

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 as the fishing workshop and the M.V. SEAFDEC. View Photo Activities

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 otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) has contributed significantly to environmental degradation, including habitat destruction, interaction with threatened/endangered species, navigational hazards, and "ghost fishing" where lost gear continues to capture marine life, threatening sustainable fisheries. This initiative, carried out under the “Ghost Fishing in the Global South, Demonstration Project” and funded...

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 such as coastal fishery management, fishing technology, and combating IUU fishing. Moreover, all delegations observed the Fishing Workshop. View Photo Activities