AGENDA V. POLICY CONSIDERATION ON IMPORTANT ISSUES 5.1 Issues on Combating IUU Fishing
18. CITES International
Technical
Workshop on Eels (Anguilla spp.) would be organized on 18-20 April 2018 in London
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- Japan encouraged the AMSs or SEAFDEC to make presentations with respect to the efforts of the region in the conservation of A.
bicolor.
SEAFDEC has participated to international meetings/events to present the results from the regional effort and support the concerned AMS in managing and conserving resources of Anguilla bicolor.
Ongoing
Ongoing
5.2.3 Regional Policy Recommendations for Development and Use of Alternative Dietary Ingredients in Aquaculture Feed Formulations: Establishment of the Regional Database of Alternative Feed Ingredients in Aquaculture
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- Myanmar shared his comment that the Regional Database should also include additional information, such as other key ingredients and factors (e.g. amino acid, fatty acid, vitamin), models (software modeling and statistical
information), resources (education, associations and organizations, universities), about us (who we are, team, partners), feedback/questions (to improve the database) and suggested that AQD should also look into relevant information from the International Aquaculture Feed
AQD recently concluded the Workshop on Regional Database on Alternative Feed Ingredient in Aquaculture last 17 May 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The suggested information were being incorporated to the database including additional suggestions from the participants of the meeting.
AQD officially launched the database during its 45th Anniversary Celebration.
The website is now available to the public through afid.seafdec.org.ph.
Receiving and encoding of contributions from AMSs is ongoing together with improvements, maintenance, and updating of the website.
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Formulation Database (IAFFD) through the website:
http://www.iaffd.com/home.html, and the National Animal Nutrition Program through
https://animalnutrition.org/feed- databases.
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- Philippines suggested that more alternative ingredients, particularly agricultural by-products should also be included in the Regional Database.
The database includes a feed category for animal and plant by-products. Alternative feed ingredients including poultry by-product, chicken viscera, to name a few were included in the database.
Done
5.2.5 Supporting Program for Implementing the Regional Approaches for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) 20. Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) 14.6
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- SEAFDEC should consider finding the ways and means of addressing the issues on fisheries subsidies for small-scale fisheries in the region as soon as possible.
Ongoing Ongoing
5.2.6 Supporting the Implementation of Gender Perspectives in ASEAN Fisheries and Institutions 21. Concept note on
“Support for the Integration of Gender Perspectives in Fisheries within SEAFDEC and Its Member Countries”
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- Integrating gender in future programs and projects of SEAFDEC, and the draft Strategy should be submitted to the Forty- first Meeting of the SEAFDEC Program Committee for comments and subsequently to the next meeting of the SEAFDEC Council for consideration.
RDD:
Based on the proposed timeline on the process for the development of the gender strategy, the following activities have been completed/planned:
• A Concept Note on support for the integration of gender perspectives in fisheries within SEAFDEC and its Member Countries
• Gender Working Team’s Terms of Reference
• Consultation meeting with some senior staffs at the Secretariat was conducted in July 2018.
• Finalization of questionnaires for gender assessment had been made and undertook the survey.
• Brainstorming with GWT for the assessment plan and process was conducted in June 2018.
• Initiated the process for the nomination of the
SEAFDEC aimed to express our gender sensitivity and responsive through create gender strategy to mainstream gender in to organization and integrated into current and future projects/programs. The strategy was approved to develop from 50th council meeting. After that we start to develop it with all departments through Inter- department meeting. The first draft version of SEAFDEC gender strategy will be presented in the 41st PCM meeting to gain more comment and agreement to purpose for adoption in next council meeting.
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SEAFDEC Departments’ focal persons for consultation and to seek inputs and suggestions on issues related to the SEAFDEC gender strategy.
• A draft of strategy is expected to be ready by September 2018.
22. To conduct of gender analysis and training in
Myanmar
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- Myanmar requested SEAFDEC to support the conduct of gender analysis and training in Myanmar.
RDD:
• A back-to-office report for “Validation workshop on social profiles livelihood activities and Value chain with integrated gender dimension in Pu Lone Tone Tone, Kawthaung Township, Myanmar” is being prepared.
• The report on the result of data collection will be accommodated and consolidated from three (3) countries namely; Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand.
• A paper on “Understanding gender dynamics and livelihoods opportunities and markets along the value chain in Pu Lone Tone Tone, Myanmar” will be presented at the 3rd World Small Scale Congress organized in Chiangmai, Thailand during 22- 26 October 2018.
• A paper on “Fish marketing at Pu Lone Tone Tone, Myanmar” is being prepared for a journal publication.
SEAFDEC/TD’s Gender team have done research on Social profiles livelihood activities and Value Chain with integrated gender dimension in Pu Lone Tone Tone, Kawthoung Touwnship, Myanmar. The results of the research have been presented in 3 world small scale congress in Thailand. For public in journal we plan to do it in next year.
About training program, accordingly to tight schedule of work for gender team and budget limited for this year therefore, gender team will propose the training in Myanmar for next year.
5.3 Other Emerging Issues 5.3.1 CITES-related Issues
5 .3 .2 Supporting the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development
23. compile the information on the efforts of the Member Countries with respect to SDG14 and provide such information to the Member
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- SEAFDEC should also raise the awareness of the Member Countries to be able to understand the cooperation between SEAFDEC and the UN Environment to work together in reducing the impact of fisheries to the environment.
Secretariat may consult with the Project Coordinating Unit under the SEAFDEC/UNEP/GEF project to continue developing new project-related to reducing the impact of fisheries to environment.
ongoing
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VIII. FUTURE DIRECTION OF SEAFDEC