Fisheries Refugia

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES REFUGIA INITIATIVE

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Viroj Buakleang

Mr. Viroj Buakleang
Crab Net
Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Jamrat Buakleang

Mrs. Jamrat Buakleang
Crab consolidator
Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Jia Hao

Mr. Jia Hao
Sea cucumber fisherman
Sabah, Malaysia

Ming Li

Ms. Ming Li
Fisherwoman
Sarawak, Malaysia

Somluck Polmoltri

Mr. Somluck Polmoltri
Fish market vendor
Trat, Thailand

Srey Chey

Ms. Srey Chey
Blue crab harvester
Kep, Cambodia

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Invitation for Tendering
Consultant to conduct Mid-term Review of the SEAFDEC/UNEP/GEF Project

Period: three and a half months, tentatively from 15 October 2021 to 30 January 2022.

To apply, please submit your all documents at arpaporn@seafdec.org
by 6 October 2021, 17.00 hrs. (UTC+7:00)

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Events

The 5^th Project Steering Committee Meeting

DATE: 3 September 2021

LOCATION: Virtual Meeting

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The Fifth Meeting of the Project Steering Committee

The Project Coordinating Unit (PCU) of the Fisheries Refugia organized the 5th Project Steering Committee (PSC5) Meeting on 3 September 2021 to update the work progress, including policy decisions to support the project’s implementation, financial and budget plan for 2022. The meeting is a virtual meeting via Zoom Platform. Fifty-seven participants from 6 participating countries, including SEAFDEC senior officers, project Task Manager from UNEP, and the PCU staff, attended the meeting.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, the national focal point of Viet Nam, was elected as a new chairperson, and Mrs. Iswari Ratna Astuti, the national focal point of Indonesia, was the vice-chairperson for this PSC5 meeting. Mr. Ngurah N. Wiadnyana, the chairperson of the Fourth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Committee (RSTC4), presented the highlight of the RSTC4 Report. The project achievements were highlight via the URL: https://fisheries-refugia.org/241-highlights-of-the-4th-regional-scientific-and-technical-committee-meeting-rstc4

Highlights of the 4th Regional Scientific and Technical Committee Meeting (RSTC4)

SEAFDEC/PCU organized the 4th Regional Scientific and Technical Committee Meeting (RSTC4) via Zoom Platform on July 22nd, 2021. The RSTC4 aims to harness the national scientific and technical expertise and knowledge required to inform the policy, legal and institutional reforms for fisheries refugia management in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. The RSTC4 was attended by National Scientific and Technical Focal Points from 6 participating countries, regional experts, scientists from national institutions, and SEAFDEC/Training Department. A total of 43 participants, including 21 females and 22 males.

A total of 70 activities at national and regional levels, implemented from 2020 to June 2021, are summarized. It highlights the achievements of the project implementation, particularly the planned outputs such as seven fisheries profiles, revision of fisheries law, regulation, fisheries management plan, strategic plan, and adoption of the Regional Action Plan for Short mackerel. Significantly, two adopted fisheries refugia in Cambodia together with a total of 5 tentative fisheries refugia in Malaysia (2), Thailand (2), and Cambodia (1). The activities-based progress in percentage and cumulative expenditure and co-financing to date from all executed partners are presented.

A highlight of the project implementations are as follows:

1) A total of 73 activities were conducted by six participating countries, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.