On 2 October 2025, the Chief of SEAFDEC/IFRDMD, Mr. Andi Soemono, welcomed Prof. Thorjorn Larssen, Deputy Managing Director of the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway. He was accompanied by Dr. Arisman, Executive Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), along with members of the CSEAS team. The meeting, held at the SEAFDEC/IFRDMD Meeting Room in Ancol, Jakarta, served as a constructive platform for exchanging ideas and exploring potential collaboration. NIVA is widely recognized as…

From 23 to 25 September 2025, the SEAFDEC/IFRDMD team carried out a field survey in Musi Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatra, and Kepahiang Regency, Bengkulu. This activity is part of the project “Enhanced Research Capacities for Sustainable Utilization and Management of Eel and Other Inland Fisheries Resources,” supported by the Japan Trust Fund (JTF) VII. In Musi Banyuasin, the team collaborated with local fisheries officers to conduct a hydroacoustic survey of Cala Lake and the middle stretch of the Musi River. The work…

Glass eels, the juvenile stage of anguillid eels (Anguilla spp.), are a highly valuable commodity in aquaculture and international trade. Southeast Asia—particularly Indonesia, Viet Nam, and the Philippines—plays a critical role in supplying these resources to East Asian countries for farming. Among the species found in the region, Anguilla bicolor bicolor is generally considered more desirable for aquaculture than Anguilla marmorata because of its faster growth and stronger market demand. Accurate species identification is…

SEAFDEC, with support from the Japan–ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) and the Japanese Trust Fund (JTF), organized the Internal Workshop on Genetic Data Integration and Final Analysis for Tropical Anguillid Eel in Southeast Asia on 10–13 September 2025 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The workshop was attended by technical staff from SEAFDEC/IFRDMD, SEAFDEC/Secretariat, and DNA experts involved in eel genetics and fisheries-management research. In recent years, SEAFDEC has implemented several key projects, including the…