ASEAN-SEAFDEC Conference on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security Towards 2020 (2nd Press)

Background

The fisheries sector has been widely accepted as one of the important sectors providing substaintial contribution to food security for countries in the Southeast Asian region. With the objective of addressing important issues pertaining to the sustainable development of fisheries, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) co-organized in November 2001, the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Conference on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security in the New Millennium: "Fish for the People". During that time, the "Resolution" and "Plan of Action" on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security for the ASEAN Region were adopted by the ministers responsible for fisheries of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries, and since then such instruments had been used as policy framework and guiding principle in the development of sustainable fisheries of the region.

However, in view of the deteriorating state of fishery resources and the emerging fisheries related issues and initiatives during the past decade which need to be addressed, ASEAN and SEAFDEC would be organizing the "ASEAN-SEAFDEC Conference on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security Towards 2020", scheduled from 13 to 17 June 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Based on the progress in the implementation of the "Resolution" and "Plan of Action" adopted in 2001, the "Fish for the People 2020" Conference is expected to further address the priority issues that are envisaged to impede the sustainable contribution of fisheries to food security in the region. It is also expected that the Conference will come up with the regional policy framework and guiding principle in achieving sustainable fisheries for food security for the coming decades corresponding to the changing environment.

Objective

The Conference aims to develop the "Decade Resolution and Plan of Action on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security in the ASEAN Region (Towards 2020)" by addressing concerns on the fisheries situation and issues that may impede the sustainable fisheries development and contribution of fisheries to food security, as well as the well-being of people in the Southeast Asian region.

Date and Venue

The Conference will be held from 13 to 17 June 2011 at the Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok Hotel, Thailand.

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