SEAFDEC/secretariat, Tomoko Nakazato, Fumiya Takahashi and SEAFDEC/IFRDMD, Toru Shimoda exchanged views with Ambassador KIYA Masahiko of Japan Mission on recent activities of 3 JAIF projects “Stock assessment of tropical eel”, “ASEAN Regional action plan of Management of fishing capacity” and “Monitoring and Reduction of Marin Debris of fisheries” under ASEAN Japan MIDORI cooperation plan. Through JAIF, Japan is supporting ASEAN's efforts to integrate toward the establishment of an ASEAN Community. In these projects, Japanese Specialists are working to achieve sustainable fisheries resource management and marine debris reduction in the ASEAN region.

1. SEAFDEC: Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
2. IFRDMD: Inland Fishery Resources Development and Management Department