REVERSING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION TRENDS IN
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND GULF OF THAILAND
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Outputs and Outcomes to Date
v Publication of Regional Guidelines on the Use of
Fisheries Refugia in Capture Fisheries Management
in the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Regional Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries in
Southeast Asia,
v Characterisation of 46 sites in the South China Sea known
as critical spawning and nursery areas for
species of transboundary significance,
v Regional agreement
on the inclusion of 14 sites in an initial system of fisheries refugia,
v Prioritisation of an additional nine sites from the
remaining 32 sites for which further information
is required prior to inclusion in the regional system,
v Production of a regional fisheries refugia information base, and
v Inclusion of the refugia concept in National fisheries policies of Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines.