About SEAFDEC
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is an autonomous inter-governmental body established as a regional treaty organization on 28th December 1967. In accordance with the agreement at the Second Ministerial Conference for Economic Development of Southeast Asia, held in Manila, the Philippines (April 1967). SEAFDEC was mandated to develop fisheries potential of the Southeast Asian region by rational utilization of the resources to provide food security to the people through transfer of new technologies, and to conduct research and information dissemination activities.
SEAFDEC comprises 11 Member Countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
SEAFDEC Operations
The Center operates through the Secretariat located in Thailand and has four technical Departments, namely, The Training Department (TD) in Thailand, the Marine Fisheries Research Department (MFRD) in Singapore, the Aquaculture Department (AQD) in the Philippines, and the Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (MFRDMD) in Malaysia. Activities of SEAFDEC which are being undertaken in close cooperation among SEAFDEC Secretariat, Departments, and its Member Countries, are aimed towards sustainable fisheries development of the Southeast Asian region.
