Report-End-of-Project Meeting of the Working Party on Information Collection for Economically Important Species as Surimi Raw Materials in the Southeast Asian Region

Abstract

The End‐of‐Project Meeting of the Working Party on Information Collection of Economically Important Species as Surimi Raw Materials in the Southeast Asian Region was organized at the SEAFDEC Training Department (SEAFDEC/TD) in Samut Prakarn, Thailand from 1 to 2 July 2009. The Meeting was attended by representatives from the participating Southeast Asian countries in the Project on Information Collection of Economically Important Species as Surimi Raw Materials in Southeast Asian Region, namely: Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. As one of the participating countries, Indonesia was not able to send a representative to the Meeting. Senior officials from the SEAFDEC Secretariat and SEAFDEC/TD also attended the Meeting. The SEAFDEC Marine Fisheries Department (MFRD) and Marine Fisheries Research Development and Management Department (MFRDMD) as collaborating partners in the Project were also unable to send participants to the Meeting. The List of Participants appears as Annex 1.