Ongoing Projects
Completed Projects

Ongoing Projects

Sustainable Utilization of Fisheries Resources and Resources Enhancement in Southeast Asia

Total Duration : 2020 – 2024
Donor/Sponsor : Japanese Trust Fund (JTF)
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Enhancing National Capacities to Eliminate IUU Fishing in Southeast Asia

Total Duration : 2020 – 2024
Donor/Sponsor : Japanese Trust Fund (JTF)
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

ASEAN-JICA Capacity Building Project on IUU Fishing Countermeasures in
Southeast Asia

Total Duration : 2023 – 2026
Donor/Sponsor : ASEAN-Japan Technical Cooperation
Project Partner : Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

Small-scale Fisheries Management for Better Livelihood and Fisheries Resources

Total Duration : 2020 – 2024
Donor/Sponsor : Japanese Trust Fund (JTF)
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

Responsible Fishing Technology and Practice

Total Duration : 2020 – 2024
Donor/Sponsor : Japanese Trust Fund (JTF)
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

Regional Collaborative Research and Capacity Building for Monitoring
and Reduction of Marine Debris from Fisheries in Southeast Asia

Total Duration : 2024 – 2025
Donor/Sponsor : Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF)
Project Partner(s) : SEAFDEC/SEC, SEAFDEC/IFRDMD, SEAFDEC/MFRDMD and SEAFDEC/TD
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

Sustainable Management of Fisheries, Marine Living Resources and
their Habitats in the Bay of Bengal Region for the Benefit of Coastal
States and Communities

Total Duration : 2024–2028
Donor/Sponsor : GEF and Norad
Project Partner(s) : GEF Implementing Agency: FAO Executing Agencies: IUCN and BOBP-IGO
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
Project Participating Country(ies) : BOBP-IGO: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka

Promoting the blue economy and strengthening fisheries governance of the
Gulf of Thailand through the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (GoTFish
Project)

Total Duration : 2023 – 2027
Donor/Sponsor : GEF–International Water (FAO is GEF Agency)
Project Partner(s) : SFP and University of Queensland
Project Participating Country(ies) : Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Fisheries Resource Survey & Operational Plan for M.V. SEAFDEC 2

Total Duration : Since 2004
Donor/Sponsor : Host Countries of the Survey
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

Promotion on Strengthening of SEAFDEC Visibility and Enhancing Human Capacity Building

Total Duration : 2023 – 2024
Donor/Sponsor : Training Department
Project Participating Country(ies) : Thailand

Improving of Fisheries Technology and Reduction of the Impact from Fishing Activities

Total Duration : 2023 – 2024
Donor/Sponsor :Training Department
Project Participating Country(ies) : Thailand

USAID DOI International Technical Assistance Program (ITAP)

Total Duration : 2023 – 2024
Donor/Sponsor : USAID/RDMA through DOI-ITAP
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

Implementing the Lower Mekong Fish Passage Initiative in Cambodia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Total Duration : 2023 – 2024
Donor/Sponsor : USAID/RDMA through DOI-ITAP
Project Participating Country(ies) : Cambodia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Completed Projects

Gender Dimension in the Value Chain of Small-Scale Fisheries & Aquaculture in Southeast Asia

Total Duration : January 2020 to June 2021
Donor/Sponsor : The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries

Establishment and Operation of a Regional System of Fisheries Refugia in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand

Total Duration : 2016 – 2020
Donor/Sponsor : Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Project Participating Country(ies) : Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam

Implementing the Lower Mekong Fish Passage Initiative in Cambodia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Total Duration : 2018 – 2020
Donor/Sponsor : USAID – DOI
Project Participating Country(ies) : Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam and Lao PDR

The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans)

Total Duration : May 2015 – May 2020
Donor/Sponsor : U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID Oceans)
Project Participating Country(ies) : SEAFDEC Member Countries, CTI-CFF Member Countries

Strategies for Trawl Fisheries By-catch Management (REBYC-II CTI)

Total Duration : 2011 -2014
Donor/Sponsor : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Project Participating Country(ies) : Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam