Progress report for
SEAFDEC Initiatives Toward Sustainable Development of Fisheries in ASEAN Region
Achievement at a glance
Enhancement 9sheries resources through the establishment of a regional system of 9sheries refugia in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand Large Marine Ecosystem (SCS and GoT LMEs) has being implemented in cooperation with 6 ASEAN Member States namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam with the UNEP/GEF funded. A total of15 Fisheries Refugia sites for 12 priority target transboundary species are established throughout the stakeholder consultations including the engagement of public and private sectors as well as the 9sher community, local government, scientists from various institutions and interagency. More than 50% of the workplan has been achieved, and it is expected that by end of 2020, at least 269,500ha of fisheries refugia conserved and effective managed, about 20% increased applying improved fishing gears to avoid and reduction of its impacts to marine habitats, and about 50% reduced fishing pressure within fisheries Refugia areas. For instant, the Blue Swimming Crab refugia implementing by our Partner/DOF-Thailand - through the engagement and cooperation with 9sh trawlers in Surat Thani Province - the blue swimming crab (gravid-crab) caught as by-catch were released to the sea 2,550 individuals by trawlers within four months from August to November 2019. Taking into consider one gravid blue swimming crab have about 250,000 eggs that means under the program could released the blue swimming crab larvae about 637.5 million larval blue swimming crab to the sea. This is one of the best practices and most effective ways throughout the engagements of 9shers that enhancing blue swimming crab resources in the Southeast Asia. Recently, there are 45 9shing trawlers cooperate to the activities. This achievement support to the UN SDG14.2Challenges faced in implementation
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Fishing community in long term who catch targeting Blue Swimming crab;
Marine ecosystem: this approach will improve healthy ocean ecosystem supporting the sustainable 9sheries in the areas, \r\nLong term economic / business on blue swimming crab