Report of the first Workshop on the Assessment of Fishery Stocks Status in South and Southeast Asia. Bangkok, 16–19 June 2009. [Only online]
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The state of fishery resources is an essential piece of information for effective fisheries management and policy formulation at national, regional and global levels. As part of a global effort to improve the information on the state of fishery resources, FAO has planned two workshops in South and Southeast Asia region in 2009 to review the data and information available in this region. The first Workshop on the Assessment of Fishery Stock Status in South and Southeast Asia, attended by thirty-t hree participants from eleven countries, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), the WorldFish Center and FAO, reviewed the state of fishery resources and data availability in each participating country. The workshop compiled a summary table that presents – by country – the stocks to be assessed and the respective appropriate methodologies to be applied as preparatory work to the second workshop. The output from these workshops will be incorporated into the next FAO assessmen t of the state of world marine capture fishery resources. There seems to be a need for capacity building in stock assessment in the region and steps should be undertaken by relevant organizations (i.e. Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (LME), SEAFDEC survey, Asia Pacific Fishery Commission [APFIC], FAO) in this direction.