Report of the Workshop on Regional Cooperation for Implementation of Port State Measures to Improve Fisheries Management and Reduce IUU Fishing in Southeast Asia, 7-10 Nov. 2016, Bangkok, Thailand

2016-11

The Workshop on Regional Cooperation for Implementation of Port State Measures to

Improve Fisheries Management and Reduce IUU Fishing in Southeast Asia was convened by the

SEAFDEC in collaboration with ASEAN and the Department of Fisheries, Thailand from 7 to 10

November 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand which supported by the Japanese Trust Fund and Government

of Sweden through the SEAFDEC-Sweden Project and other partners such as as the Food and

Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), USAID, and Marino-forum 21. The

Workshop was attended by ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries from Brunei Darussalam,

Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam,

Representatives from International Collaborating Organizations and Agencies such as the Food and

Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (FAO/RAP),

USAID Regional Development Mission of Asia (USAID/RDMA), Australia Embassies, and Marino-

Forum21, Fish Marketing Organization (FMO), USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership, and

Senior officers and researchers of the SEAFDEC Secretariat, Training Department (TD), and Marine

Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (MFRDMD), as well as Regional

Fisheries Policy Network Members. The list of participants appears as Annex 1.