THAILAND SPEED UP OPERATIONAL PLAN AND MANAGEMENT AT SURAT THANI REFUGIA SITE

@SEAFDEC (2022 May)

Mr. Somporn Kuasakul, Head of Fisheries Administration and Management Group of Surat Thani Fisheries Provincial Office and concurrently an Operational Fisheries Refugia Management Board member, introduced the background to the stakeholders and participants and the purposes of the workshop held on 30 May 2022. The workshop on Fisheries Refugia Operational Management at Surat Thani Site was organized following the issuances of Notification of Surat Thani Provincial Fisheries Committee Re: Prohibition of Some Fishing Gears Fishing in the Fishing Ground within the Coastal Seas around the Area of Koh Sed, Phum Riang Subdistrict, Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province, dated 8 March 2022 and Notification of Surat Thani Province No. 1963/2565 Re: Appointment of Operational Management Board for Fisheries Refugia in the Coastal Seas around the Area of Koh Sed, Phum Riang Subdistrict, Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province, dated 11 March 2022.

HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL FROM MAFF MONITORED ACTIVITIES OF SHORT MACKEREL REFUGIA IN KOH KONG PROVINCE

H.E. Khun Savoeun, Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries visited short mackerel refugia sites at Village 1 and 2 of Peam Krasob commune, Mondol Sema district, Koh Kong province on 9 February 2022 and joined a progress report discussion on 10 February 2022. He expressed his appreciation to all relevant institutions from the central and provincial levels for his opportunities to join the field trip and the meeting. He informed the meeting that the establishment of short mackerel refugia is very important in ensuring sustainable fishing in the present and long-term management, so the fisheries refugia concept is a good management practice and measures of marine fisheries resources, especially short mackerel, in line with the MAFF’s policy in the establishment of Marine Fisheries Management Area in coastal provinces in term of the management and sustainable utilization of marine fisheries resources.

RIFE organized the NFRC3 in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia

Research Institute of Fish Resources Enhancement (RIFE) organized the Third Meeting of the National Fisheries Refugia Committee (NFRC3) in Bekasi, West Java, on 21 June 2022. The meeting was held attended by its members from RIFE, Center for Fisheries Research (CRF), Agency of Marine and Fisheries Research and Human Resources (AMFRHR), and Directorate General of Marine Spatial Management (DGMSM). Establish fisheries refugia in Indonesia following steps: identification of spawning habitats, ecological studies of target species, agreement with stakeholders, preparation of management plans, implementation of management, and evaluation. Identifying fisheries refugia areas considers ecological factors, fisheries resources, mangrove conditions, suitability and delineation of refuge zones, community socio-economics, stakeholders, and refugia management plans. Figure 1 shows the national log frame for the establishment and operation of the fisheries refugia system in Indonesia.

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