REGIONAL TECHNICAL CONSULTATION ON THE REGIONAL FISHING VESSELS RECORD : USE AND WAY FORWARD OF RFVR DATABASE AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL TO REDUCE IUU FISHING IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION
Abstract
The Head of Information and Communication Technology Section of the SEAFDEC Training
Department, Mr. Kongpathai Saraphaivanich introduced the Project on “Promotion of Countermeasures
to Reduce IUU Fishing” which has been implementing since 2011. He mentioned that the project aims to
review and improve fishing license, boat registration through establishment of management tool to reduce
IUU fishing. Moreover, the rational of RFVR establishment was informed including the expected outputs
of the Consultation will be came up with strategies and ways forward for Asian Member States (AMS)
and SEAFDEC to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing through utilization of FRVR as one of a tool.
The Consultation also expected for an agreement among AMS on management and update matters of the
RFVR for 24 meters in length and over. In this connection, he informed the Consultation that the 47th
SEAFDEC Council Meeting suggested this Consultation to review the number of vessels submitted by
AMSs to SEAFDEC in order to improve its accuracy. His presentation appears in Annex 3.
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