Thailand vows Asean common fishing policy 

Thailand vows Asean common fishing policy 
By PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI 
THE NATION 
SEOUL 

Thai Agriculture Minister Chatchai Sarikulya speeched at the Asia Regional Conference on Building Ocean Health: Sharing experience to move towards sustainable fisheries management meeting held in Seoul, the South Korea Nov 29-30.

THAILAND has vowed to work for the region as a whole in taking the lead in the formation of an Asean common fisheries policy, in order to solve the problem of illegal fishing and promote sustainable fishery management.

  
 Speaking during the two-day “Asia Regional Conference on Building Ocean Health: Sharing experience to move towards sustainable fisheries management” in Seoul, Agriculture Minister Chatchai Sarikulya said Thailand would lead Asean in terms of setting up the common fisheries policy to create sustainable development in marine resources throughout the region. The two-day event will end today. 

 He was speaking on the topic “Efforts for effective implementation towards sustainable fisheries”.

 “The Asean community, as a major food and marine producer sharing common waters, should manage the region’s marine resources with common goals and directions, with our eyes on long-term sustainability of the regional marine resources – in particular, the fishery sector.

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