The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD), organized the Consultation Workshop on Collaborative Study of Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)Â Impacts on Fisheries Resources on 10 July 2026 at SEAFDEC/TD, Samut Prakan, Thailand.
This consultation workshop was organized with the aimed to define roles and responsibilities among collaborative research team and establish agreements on data collection, sharing, and collaborative analysis. This consultation workshop was conducted under the project entitled “Enhanced Marine Research Capacities to Manage Fisheries Resources: Capacity building on marine environment change monitor and assessing their impact on fishery resources” with fund supported by the Japanese Trust Fund (JTF).
A total of 15 participants (6 women and 9 men) attended as the collaborative research team, representing from Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), Indonesia; Department of Fisheries (DOF) Malaysia; DOF Thailand; Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC); Ubon Ratchathani University (UBU); Burapha University (BUU) Chanthaburi Campus; Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University (RBRU); the Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) and staff from SEAFDEC Secretariat, MFRDMD, and TD.
During the consultation workshop, the collaborative research team brainstormed and discussed the details of the data analysis methodology and data requirements, research activities timeline, confirmation on selected target species and sites, roles and responsibilities, data availability and data sharing process. In conclusion, the collaborative research team came up with the agreed workplan for the research activities implementation.
