Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

Marine capture fisheries

This is a curated collection of technical documents that are relevant to marine capture fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region. This are technical outputs of APFIC workshops or the APFIC Secretariat. There are also FAO publications relevant to the APFIC region.
2010

FAO. Report of the second Workshop on the Assessment of Fishery Stock Status in South and Southeast Asia. Bangkok, 5–9 October 2009. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 940. Rome, FAO. 2010. 54p. This report covers the main outcomes of the second of two workshops held in Bangkok (Thailand) in June and October 2009 respectively, with the main objective to review the fisheries data and information available in South and Southeast Asia region and identify...

2009

  APFIC. 2009. Workshop on assessment and management of the offshore resources of South and Southeast Asia, 17–19 June 2008, Bangkok, Thailand. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2009/13, 37 pp.  This Workshop was held to provide a regional review and synthesis of current knowledge on the status of offshore resources in South and Southeast Asia and to consider the technical and economic feasibility of developing new fishing activities directed...

2009

Staples, D. (2009). Status and potential of offshore resources in South and Southeast Asia. Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. APFIC ad hoc publication, 29pp.Fishery development in both South and Southeast Asia can only be categorized as a 'bust and boom' activity, more akin to mining than to the development of a renewable natural resource that, if managed rationally, can provide a very valuable and sustainable contribution to the...