Report of the Training-Workshop on the Introduction of Ecopath with Ecosim Program for the Assessment and Management of Fisheries Resources

Abstract

Training-workshop on the Introduction of Ecopath with Ecosim Program for the Assessment and Management of Fisheries Resources was financed by the Project entitled Establishment and Operation of a Regional System of Fisheries Refugia in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. It was organized virtually via Zoom Platform by the Department of Fisheries on 29th November – 3rd December 2021. The training-workshop was instructed by 2 experts: Prof. Tuanthong Jutagate, Ph.D. from the Faculty of Agriculture, Ubon Ratchathani University and Dr. Elizabeth Ann Fulton from CSIRO - Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research. There were 15 participants from the Department of fisheries attended the training-workshop. The course aimed to introduce to the fisheries technical officers in the Department of Fisheries a basic functional understanding of what the model of Ecopath and Ecosim (EwE) does and how to use it for assessment and management of fisheries resources.