IFRDMD, under the project entitled Sustainable Utilization of Anguillid Eels in the Southeast Asia Region, funded by Japan Trust Fund VI Phase 2, conducted interviews with 18 eel fishers, including two women, in Cikaso River and Cimandiri River on 18-19 May 2023. These interviews were conducted to understand the concerns of capture fishers on the sustainability of the eel fishery in Palabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia. In addition, an eel collector, Mr. Larismawan, was also interviewed to obtain the problems of…

IFRDMD conducted an inland fisheries assessment in Nam Xouang Reservoir, Lao PDR, on March 14, 2023, using the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) tool. The objective of EAFM is to ensure that ecosystems are healthy, fish stocks are sustainable, and the well-being of the communities and stakeholders that depend on those ecosystems is maintained. Nam Xouang Reservoir was built in 1981 in the north of Lao PDR to provide water to irrigate rice fields. In addition, the reservoir also supports the fishing activities…

IFRDMD visited the Department of Livestock and Fisheries of Lao PDR, in Vientiane, on March 13, 2023. The team was welcomed by Mr. Kaviphone Phouthavong, Ph.D., Director General of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Lao PDR. IFRDMD also visited the Department of Fisheries of Thailand, in Bangkok, on March 17, 2023. The team was welcomed by Mr. Choltisak Chawpaknum, Director of Fisheries Foreign Affairs Division of the Department of Fisheries, Thailand. On that occasion, IFRDMD…

The First Meeting of the Indonesian Fisheries and Marine Higher Education Leadership Forum was held by Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia, on March 9, 2023. The event was attended by 100 participants from Fisheries and Marine Faculties representatives throughout Indonesia, Provincial Government, Research Institute for Inland Fisheries and Extension, as well as SEAFDEC/IFRDMD. On that occasion, the Governor of South Sumatra, Mr. Herman Deru, welcomed the event held in Palembang, South Sumatra Province. Mr. Governor…