• ASEAN sea turtle conservation and management programme and collaboration with SEAFDEC 

      Akhir, Azmi Mat (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1999)
      The main objective of the paper was to inform the ASEAN Regional Workshop on the existence of an ASEAN regional cooperation programme on sea turtle conservation and protection, forged through a Memorandum of Understanding ...
    • Cambodia 

      Sereywath, Pich (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
      Cambodia covers an area of 181,035 km2, including inland waters. Fisheries are divided into freshwater and marine sectors. Both sectors play a very important role for the economy and food security of rural people. However, ...
    • Indonesia 

      Dermawan, Agus (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
      Indonesia is an archipelago country and its 17,500 islands and 81,000 km of total coastlines offer excellent habitat for sea turtles . Out of the seven species o f sea turtles in the world, six species have been identified ...
    • Malaysia 

      Ali, Ahmad; Talib, Zulkifli; Basintal, Paul; Bali, James (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
      Malaysia lies in the tropics within latitudes 1°-8°N and longitudes 100°-119°E and consists of Peninsular Malaysia, and the states of Sabah and Sarawak. Peninsular Malaysia is bounded by seas on all sides, except in the ...
    • Myanmar 

      Aung, Cho Hla; Lwin, Maung Maung (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
      Myanmar is situated in the easternmost Indochina Peninsula. It boasts of richly-varied marine resources along extensive coastal shores which can be divided into three regions , namely Rakhine, Ayeyarwaddy and Gulf of Mottama ...
    • NGOs involvement in sea turtle conservation and management in the ASEAN region 

      Lau, Min Min (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1999)
      This paper summarizes the recent or on-going initiatives of NGOs in the ASEAN region in sea turtle conservation and management. It is based on feedback and reports from various countries within the ASEAN region. The key ...
    • Philippines 

      Cruz, Renato D. (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
      There are five species of sea turtles that occur in the Philippines, namely green hawksbill, olive ridley, loggerhead and leatherback. Several locations for sea turtles nesting are shown in Table 6 (Cruz, 2004). The green ...
    • Physical mechanism on the ASEAN Sea-Turtle Researcher Network 

      Nasir, Mohd Taupek Mohd; Isa, Mansor Mat (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1999)
      The paper refers that the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on ASEAN Sea Turtle Conservation and Protection by the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry in September 1997 indirectly provided the platform ...
    • Thailand 

      Charuchinda, Mickmin (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
      Thailand is located in the middle of the Indochinese Peninsula, between latitudes 5°27' and 20°27’N and longitudes 97°22' and 105°37’E. The Kingdom’s total area is 513,115 square kilometers, of which some 84 percent falls ...
    • Vietnam 

      Dung, Phan Hong (Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
      The seawater of Vietnam is recognized as a critical habitat for the sea turtles in the world. There are only 5 species of sea turtles , namely greens, hawksbill, olive ridley, loggerhead and leatherback turtles found in ...