REPORT ON THE SEVENTH REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON FISHERY STATISTICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BANGKOK, THAILAND 17-20 OCTOBER 1989

Abstract

1. Statistical Workshops have become a regular and valuable activity of the SEAFDEC Training Department, a major outcome has been the publication of the Fishery Statistical Bulletin for the South China Sea Area which is now recognized as an important source of reference for fisheries statisticians concerned with Southeast Asia. 2. It is however important for the user, that these data should not only be reliable but that they should be consistent with data published and used of organizations collecting data is placing an increasing demand on the national authorities for the supply of this information.